| Show ABOUT RATS J ak L row fw 01 ser v seiona i as to ta alo 0 use IT to wili th tho aly y A arc r a put it has often boon been said that the glove makers of paris paria make uso use in their trade of the skins of 0 rats which aro are caught in tho the sewers but this has hag been denied certainly tho the material would not bo be strong enough to successfully cess coss fully counterfeit tho the kid unless it were tor for tho the thumb part only which is generally ot of a thinner and different kind ol of leather from tho the rest A thrifty welshman at one time exhibited himself publicly in england attired in a costume composed from rona top to too ot of rat skin which he bo had spent throe three years and a half in collecting lec ting the dross dress was mado in ado entirely by bir himself it consisted of hat bak neckerchief er cir chief chiel coati coat waistcoat trousers tip pot gaiters eia and d shoos the number of rats required to complete th tho 0 suit was most alost curious of the garments was tho the tippet composed entirely of rats tales I 1 the negro slaves of jamaica used to regard them ne as a dainty states tho the washington star their masters not providing thorn them with any other meat I 1 heir method of cooking tho the toothsome rodents was to impale each ono on a long wooden utter titter cleaning in tho the animal and cutting oy off the tha tall tail turning riling t u it briskly around over a fire fira until the hair was all burned off then it was scraped until free from fur and finally tho the ond end of the skewer was stuck into the ground inclined kowm d the fire until it was toasted dry and crisp thus being made ready for or tho the meal rats may commonly be seen tor for ealo bale in the tha market of any chinese town I 1 split and pressed under a heavy weight so as to look somewhat liko like a drood fish in this shape tho the pigtailed pig tailed oriental buys them soaks them in water and then bolls roasts or tries me them |
