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Evening Star, Issue 4175, 14 July 1876, Page 4

I lie ‘ Scotsman ’ gives an account of a pi gue of mice which has appeared ou scveial farms of Teviotdalc. The Farmers’ Club of the district lately appointed a committee to investigate the matter. Oh some farms the mice have eaten thirty per cent, of the grass which should bo ready for the ewes, and that in consequence of the want of keep the ewes are in poor condition and the lambs are perishing. The mice, which arc in millions, do not in all respects resemble .the house or the ordinary field mouse. _ They are from three to font inches long, with » short, stumpy tail, have bright, 'piercing eyes, and large cars almost level with tho fur; are brown-colored oa the bach, and ash-colored on tho belly ; aud th'e stomachs of the few that were captured contained vegetable matter only. . The importation of weasels and birds of prey is sug-. gested by the ‘Scotsman* as tho best remedy for the plague—which has been coming on for tho last five years—even though the game should to ome extent suffer, -Tho. farms inspired by tile commilttp of the I‘armors’ Cluhare the property of the Duke of Bucqleugh*, iu