Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: June 6, 2025
'No he won't, said the soft voice of the clever Phoenix, as it flew in. 'HE DOES NOT KNOW WHERE YOUR HOUSE IS. I heard him own as much to a fellow mercenary. Oh! what a night we are having! Lock the door, and let us rid ourselves of this intolerable smell of the perfume peculiar to the musk-rat and to the house of the trimmers of beards. If you'll excuse me, I will go to bed. I am worn out.
Tony asked. 'Oh, I never exercise my voice in the night air, said the captain. "It's against my rules." "Well, you'd better break your rules next time you go out in the woods where Harry is," said the turkey-hunter, "or he'll pop you over for a turkey or a musk-rat. He's a sharp shot, I kin tell ye." "You don't really mean he was after me last night with a gun!" exclaimed Captain Caseby.
See that musk-rat, how boldly he plunges into the stream, and, with his oarlike tail, stems the current till he gains in safety the sedges on the other side. What gurgling sound is that? it attracts the practised ear of the old hunter. What is that object which floats so steadily down the middle of the stream, and leaves so bright a line in its wake? it is a noble stag.
The latter is more frequently the production of the musk-deer, although the scent is possessed by many animals, and also insects, as the musk-ox, the musk-deer, the civet or musk-cat, the musk-rat, the musk-beetle, etc.
Three animals, about the size of a musk-rat, with webbed feet, and the color of mice, came scrambling forth and scampered away for the shelter of the rocks. Terror by this time had been brought under restraint, and was prevented from crushing them to death as they ran.
He then put out a beaver, which was equally unsuccessful, and shared the same fate. At length he threw out a musk-rat, that dived and brought up a little mud in its mouth, which Wæsackoochack took, and placing in the palm of his hand, he blew upon it, till it greatly enlarged itself, and formed a good piece of the earth.
And it was yet more strange to find that in his eyes four Buddhas were reflected. "Musk-rat" is the translation given by some dictionaries. "Musk-deer" was suggested by my translator. But as some mythological animal is evidently meant, I thought it better to translate the word literally. The Chinese term for harakiri. It is thought to be the more refined word.
E. Native Copper Cutting Knife. Well, you know the French Explorers were very venturesome. They went, sometimes to their sorrow, among the wildest tribes of Indians. A French Captain, named Verandrye, who was born in Lower Canada, came up the great lakes to trade for furs of the beaver, mink, and musk-rat.
After several attempts, he succeeded in making some of tolerable fineness, hardening them by exposure to a slow steady degree of heat, till she was able to work with them, and even mend her clothes with tolerable expertness. By degrees, Catharine contrived to cover the whole outer surface of her homespun woollen frock with squirrel and mink, musk-rat and woodchuck skins.
It lay at full length on the piazza, until it had been duly admired by every one on the premises, and then it was carried over to Grandma's. "Bless me!" exclaimed the old lady, as the children rushed in and laid the musk-rat at her feet. "Bless me! Open that window, Amy dear. I never can breathe with a creetur like that in the house. Take it right out, dears."
Word Of The Day
Others Looking