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Rats are very troublesome little animals. They cut up many curious pranks and are also very savage. I have heard if you shut a number of them in a room, and let a man in there, they will pitch up at him in such a manner that he will lose his life.
— Frank H. Rexford of Ypsilanti, Michigan and his ca. 1863 composition bearing the simple but arresting title “Rats.”
