14 MAY 1942, Page 14

Sleighing Rats

The latest (and it must be the last to to quoted on this subject) of letters to reach me on the intelligent views of the rat on transport pr lems is the most precise and detailed that I have received. A soldier night duty—at a time and place duly given—saw a rat convey a ve fat bone up a steep bank and when he had reached the level lie on back, holding the bone in his fore paws. One of his coadjutors at o gripped him by the tail and sledged him off to the home hole. I mu confess that this last piece of evidence, shared by more than one obsery has finally broken down any tendency to increduhty concerning most intelligent practice of the rat. _