THE INCENDIARY BAT.
According to Fire and JFafer, Fire Marshal Whitconib, of Boston, U.S., lias been recently experimenting with rats and matches, shut up together in a cage, in order to ascertain whether they were likely to cause fires or not. In the absence of other known cause, frequent fires have been ascribed to this agency, while at the same time many underwriters affected to scoff at the idea. The question may, however, now be considered as settled. The very first night that Marshal Whitcoinb's rats were left alone with the matches four fires were caused, and not a day passed while the experiment was being tried that fires were not set in this way. The rats were well fed, but they seemed to find something in the phosphorus that they liked. It was noticed that only the phosphorus ends were gnawed, and in nearly every instance the matches were dragged away from the spot where they had beej\ laj4,
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Bush Advocate, Volume I, Issue 16, 12 June 1888, Page 2
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160THE INCENDIARY BAT. Bush Advocate, Volume I, Issue 16, 12 June 1888, Page 2
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