Flesh-Eating Land Mammals 



on an entomological excursion observing a couple of 

 Weasels basking in the warm sun on a bank-side. I 

 threw my net deftly over the pair, and turned the 

 gauze net over as one does when netting insects. The 

 result was intensely amusing. The two Weasels dashed 

 frantically about, and by their movements they actually 

 formed their own shroud out of my tender butterfly- 

 net. A smart tap on the nose killed both animals. 



If armed with a gun one may rely on bagging a 

 Weasel once the animal appears. Although allowed 

 to go free, the evident inquisitiveness of the creature 

 causes it to pop its head out of a crevice, and its beady 

 eyes sparkle from the adjacent wall ; then it can be 

 quite easily shot. This same inquisitiveness on the 

 animal's part enables the game-preserver to encompass 

 its destruction. The odorous properties of raw flesh 

 seldom fail to attract any of the carnivorous species, 

 and this holds good in the case of the Weasel. A 

 trap carefully set beneath a dangling piece of flesh is 

 often the " bridge of sighs " to this roamer of the 

 wilds. 



Another method of capturing Weasels can also be 

 traced to this inbred inquisitiveness on the part of the 

 animals themselves. Where they are known to abound, 

 a small rat-trap set upon some rising mound or hillock 

 is likely to end the career of the little creature. 

 Weasels somehow love to ascend hillocks and survey 

 the landscape, and this habit may thus be taken 

 advantage of by the trapper. 



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