Show RAT AS A TULIP THIEP had carefully stored bulbs for future cont ngen agencies ng encle cies ZAI de barville parville Par ville a well known french naturalist tells a remarkable story about a artt in the journal dea des debats i A gardener planted one afternoon tulip bulbs on it terrace and next morning he noticed that the ground had been disturbed and that they had all been taken away he ile wae was con confident dont ident that rat rata had done tho cho work and taking a spade ho lie began to dig in the hope of 0 discover discoveries lS their nest soon he unearthed a largo large female rat which he killed led and after digging a few more minutes ho he die dis covered an underground chamber lined with hay and leaves and connected by a it corridor with two holes which were evidently used as tore store housea houses for in them ho he found the 50 tulip bulb this was remarkable but more re ni mir kable was the met that they were neatly arranged in two rows and that not one of them had been gnawed or otherwise injured |