. The natural history of Washington territory, with much relating to Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oregon, and California, between the thirty-sixth and forty-ninth parallels of latitude, being those parts of the final reports on the survey of the Northern Pacific railroad route, containing the climate and physical geography, with full catalogues and descriptions of the plants and animals collected from 1853 to 1857 . S^S^Seai.:T^vy!,»,;:,-;, Fvr. .^^S(- :ipj ZOOLOGY MAMMALS. 85 in case their house is demolished.* I tore down several, but could not by that means obtainany of the rats, tho
. The natural history of Washington territory, with much relating to Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oregon, and California, between the thirty-sixth and forty-ninth parallels of latitude, being those parts of the final reports on the survey of the Northern Pacific railroad route, containing the climate and physical geography, with full catalogues and descriptions of the plants and animals collected from 1853 to 1857 . S^S^Seai.:T^vy!,»,;:,-;, Fvr. .^^S(- :ipj ZOOLOGY MAMMALS. 85 in case their house is demolished.* I tore down several, but could not by that means obtainany of the rats, though, from the warmth of their nest, they had evidently just left it. Thisnest is composed of fine grass, bark, and leaves, is about large enough to fill a hat, and placednear the middle of the building, about a foot above the ground. By means of galleries andopenings like windows in the sides of the pile, they watch the approach of danger from theirnest without being seen. I succeeded in shooting several rats at last, by burning down their houses, and watching forthem as they came out. They would stay till the last moment—often until they were muchsinged. If another nest was near, they ran for it; if not, ascended the nearest tree, and satstupidly gazing at the destruction of their home, dazzled by the blaze. I also caught some in a steel trap, baited with biscuit, of which they seemed very are mostly nocturnal in habits, but
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