muss-rat's

Updated: July 29, 2026

"Wal, leaving out man-meat, as you say," remarked one of the hunters, in answer to Rube's question, "a muss-rat's the meanest thing I ever set teeth on." "I've chawed sage-hare raw at that," said a second, "an' I don't want to eat anything that's bitterer." "Owl's no great eatin'," added a third. "I've ate skunk," continued a fourth; "an' I've ate sweeter meat in my time."

Mayne Reid - The Scalp Hunters