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Show Raleigh Gets All Blame for the Muskrat Scourge Although Sir Walter Haleigh, tha transitory favorite of Queen Kllzn-heth, Kllzn-heth, still lias the honor of having Introduced In-troduced tobacco In England, he should, in the opinion of the curator of mammals of the London zoo, also have the dishonor of having Introduced Intro-duced the muskrat, whlvli Is the scourge of the agricultural districts of the British Isles. From a certain odoriferous gland possessed by this animal, to which It owes Its name, as well as from Pa pelt, Raleigh expected to make n fortune for-tune on account of Its rapid brecdlm; qualities. Unfortunately for his aspirations, aspi-rations, It took Just four centuries for the muskrat to become thoroughly acclimated, ac-climated, so Its natural proclivities for perpetuating Itself becitme nt all evident. evi-dent. Then they became manifest in a way they never had In tlio world whence they cumu |