30 NOVEMBER 1895, Page 17

RECENT RAT-LORE.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In your article in the Spectator of November 9th, under the above heading, you remark that rats transporting eggs on level ground, were observed by Mr. Battye to roll them "in front of them with their chests." A deceased acquaint- ance of mine, who had a tame white rat, told me that he once saw it carrying off an egg in the following fashion. The egg was supported underneath by a front paw, being pierced and steadied by the upper incisors, and was thus carried safely forward by the rat on its three disengaged feet.—