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I was one day standing in the woods upon a flat stone, in what at certain seasons was the bed of a stream, when one of these weasels came undulating along and ran under the stone upon which I was standing. As I remained motionless, he thrust his wedge-shaped head, and turned it back above the stone as if half in mind to seize my foot; then he drew back, and presently went his way.

To add to the completeness of proof that the change from brown to white is for protection, in the case of the weasel, both to enable it to escape from the fox and to circumvent the rabbit, the weasels in Florida, where snow is unknown, do not change colour, but remain brown throughout the whole year.

It had originally been erected in a field, since planted for covers. This long shed, a greenish grey from age and mouldering wood, became a place of much interest. Along the back there were three rows of weasels and stoats nailed through the head or neck to the planks. There had been a hundred in each row about three hundred altogether.

Every now and then he looked out into the lane to see if any one was about, and on one of these occasions saw what he imagined at first to be a colony of rats migrating; but when they came near, racing down the lane, he found they were weasels. He counted fourteen, and thought there were one or two more.

The old poacher saw the weasels in the 'Pitching. This was a private lane, which ran through the recesses of the Chace where the wood was thickest and most secluded. It had been made for the convenience of communication between the upper and lower farms, and for hauling timber; the gates at each end being kept locked.

VITIATED states of mind and body which are legitimate causes of separation, 252, 253. WARS, the, of Jehovah. The name of the historical books of the ante-Mosaic Word, 77. WEASELS. Who they are who appear at a distance in the spiritual world like weasels, 514. WHIRLPOOLS which are in the borders of the worlds, 339. WHITE, the color, signifies intelligence, 76.

He sank back again upon his pillows, but his wife seized his arm and pulled him up. "Listen!" she said. "Oh, listen! Weasels do not ride on horseback! There are hoof-beats on the road!" "Some neighbor returning late from Malines," said Father Van Hove, yawning. "It does not concern us." But his wife was already out of bed, and at the window.

The fund for these rewards is a tax of sixpence in the pound, imposed by the farmers on themselves, and said to be paid with great willingness. The beasts of prey in the Islands are foxes, otters, and weasels. The foxes are bigger than those of England; but the otters exceed ours in a far greater proportion.

In order that she may be protected during the period of her incubation against weasels, polecats, ichneumons, and all such vermin, a design exhibiting either wonderful instinct or sagacity, is carried into execution by the male.

However, the children were absorbed in the story, so much so that they never heard a stoat making its way down the burrow. But I heard it, and by stamping and driving my stick in I was able to make it turn tail and go off, cursing. All stoats, weasels, ferrets, polecats, are of the wrong people, as you may imagine, and so are most rats and bats.