Invasion of Rats m CHINA.
A few month* ago.it was stated that Kussian s Turkestan wrs suffering from an invasion .of mice' lromln^ia., These visitations ' lire jfamiLar; m Asia. Chinese histories record that " on three occasions an army of rats invaded the country. In one instance these insatiable vermiu, travelling from one place to another, attempted a, passage of the Wei River, and; were iprtunatejjr drowned, their carcases chocking up tne 'banks of the stream for. : several days affcer^ their destruction,- On the other occasion," sfaowajKißj^r they '' were more successful. Myriads' of iheT creaturei appeared . m the neighbourhood of ? Nanking from tjie Hu-kuang r provinoeß " They are said to have crossed- the brooVs : and'rivers/iri their 'course during the ni^ht by' making t into » moving badge, each animal seizing the tail of the one m front of him. with his teeth, and go swimming across ; and on arrival at the other" side' they threr themselves upon the crops and devoured them. Another time they effected ths passage ot the Yellow , River.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 31, 2 January 1883, Page 2
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170Invasion of Rats in CHINA. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 31, 2 January 1883, Page 2
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