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The rats," continued he, " in this part of the world, are a cunning, covet ous, and proud generation ; they heap money as much as the misers of our own species ; and when one of them is           of a considerable sum, he becomes a prince among them, and has his set of comrades, who would die to serve him, as they live by him ; for he disburses money for their purchases of food, etc.