All about animalsFacts, stories and anecdotes . then sit up, sneeze, and calmly begin to put its fur in order, and thentrot leisurely off. The blows that the keeper had struck it would have crushedmany a larger animal. Again a little weasel was caught by its front foot in a trap, and in its fran-tic struggle to get away it tore its foot off altogether. Although so badlymaimed, that three-legged weasel became the scourge of the woods. Every daya partridges nest was destroyed or a pheasant dragged down, and do whatthey could, the keepers failed to trap the little beast. When the snow camethey sa
All about animalsFacts, stories and anecdotes . then sit up, sneeze, and calmly begin to put its fur in order, and thentrot leisurely off. The blows that the keeper had struck it would have crushedmany a larger animal. Again a little weasel was caught by its front foot in a trap, and in its fran-tic struggle to get away it tore its foot off altogether. Although so badlymaimed, that three-legged weasel became the scourge of the woods. Every daya partridges nest was destroyed or a pheasant dragged down, and do whatthey could, the keepers failed to trap the little beast. When the snow camethey saw its curious three-foot prints everywhere, but never a sight of theweasel. At last, nearly eighteen months later, it was found fighting with a tamecat that had run wild, over a dead rabbit. A charge of shot laid both the fight-ers out, but the damage had been done by that time. For a year and a halfthat weasel had defied every scheme to catch it. There is an old sayingwhich runs, Never leave a weasel till you have nailed it to the barn WEASEL AT BAY. THE STOAT. The much-hated, thieving Stoatand the beautiful Ermine are one andthe same animal. In summer thestoats fur on its back is brown, whileunderneath it shades to a beautifullemon color; but when the frostyweather comes it turns to a creamywhite, except the end of the tail, whichremains black. Of course it is at thistime that it is most valuable. Peopleused to think that the whiteness in astoat was caused by its dark summercoat comin- out and the white furgrowing, but it has been proven thatthe darker fur simply turns white. The stoat is a great deal largerthan the weasel, but very much like itin its habits. Wherever there is gamearound the stoat is sure to be found,for it dearly loves to eat pheasantsand rabbits. On one occasion a stoat came upon a hare, and the latter, in-stead of dashing off, as it would in case it met a man, merely hobbled aboutslowly, with the stoat following close behind. After awhile the hare s
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