"The 



l , , Some intelligent country people have a notion that 



we have, in these parts, a species of the weasel tribe, 



besides the weasel, stoat, ferret, and polecat ; a 



little reddish beast, not much bigger than a field mouse, but much 



longer, which they call a cane. 



This piece of intelligence can be little depended on ; but farther 

 inquiry may be made. 



Weasels prey on moles, as appears by their being sometimes 

 caught in mole-traps. G. W. 



