23 DECEMBER 1922, Page 18

A FISH-CATCHING RAT.

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sra,—Some days ago a parishioner of mine saw a strange disturbance and splashing in a stream in my parish. He stood still for about five minutes, when a large rat emerged, dragging a trout out of the water. On his approach the rat ran into some brushwood, leaving on the bank a murdered trout of more than a pound weight The stream was about six inches deep. In my long life I have never before heard of a similar piece of rat's destructiveness.—I am, Sir, &c., OcrocematieN CLERK.