Rats.
The Field tells the following story. A rat was caught alive on board a British naval vessel in a trap, aod^the beast was thrown from the trap into the water without being killed. A large gull that was following in the wake of the ship to pick up scraps of : food thrown overboard by the steward swooped several times, endeavouring to pick the rat up. Once the bird got too close to the rat's jaws, ftttd the beast grabbed it by the neck. After a short fight the rat succeeded in Rifling the bird. When the gull was dead, the rat scrambled upon the bird's body, and, hoisting one wing as a. sail and using the other as a rudder, succeeded in steering for the shore. Whether the rat reached the shore or not is the question, since the ship soon got out of sight of the skipper and its craft.
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Manawatu Herald, 15 August 1899, Page 2
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152Rats. Manawatu Herald, 15 August 1899, Page 2
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