[HPforGrownups] OT--Rat question

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 9257

Caius Marcius wrote:

> BTW, Chapter 11 of Hans Zinnser's Rats, Lice and History (1935) is a
> definitive exploration of the role that the rat has played in Western
> history.  Apparently, the rat entered Europe in relatively recent
> historical terms, perhaps as recently as 700 AD.

Which kind of rat? The brown, or the black? Does it say?

--Amanda