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HORNSEY OLD PARISH TODAY

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Highgate Ponds again and at the south end of the Mens' Bathing Pond a curious rat (Rattus rattus) wonders whether to venture forth. It's said that in London you're never more than 6' from a rat but the true figure is apparently ±160'. In the UK humans are said to outnumber rats by 6:1