THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST RATS.
[To TER EDITOR OP TIM " SPROTATOYel Sin,—Reading your article i "The Campaign against Rats" (January 18th), reminds me of a beautifully tanned skin of the common brown rat which had been given to my nurse for the purpose of making a purse. The texture was like satin and the skin was very pliable. Surely the despised and mischievous rat might be turned to some account. In these days when motor-driving makes fur-lined garments in great request, the skins of these animals might be turned to use as linings for coats and cloaks. The trade might be a lucrative one, and would bring a fur-lined garment within the reach of many who cannot afford the more costly furs. If some enter- prising firm would take up this industry, it would, I am sure, be profitable. "Distance may lend enchantment" to the skin, but my recollection of it is that it was not only beautiful in texture, but perfectly odourless.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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