Creatures like monster rats-they were really Mongooses-racing for their lives.
"Son of Power"
Will Levington Comfort and Zamin Ki Dost
I told Mr. Royle about Peter being so anxious for a mongoose, and to-day when the children came running to beg me to come quickly and see what the fisherman had caught for me, my mind leapt at once to Mongooses.
"Olivia in India"
O. Douglas
Lizards and Mongooses are less unwelcome visitors.
"The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir"
Sir James McCrone Douie