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eye they are (barring the tail) a small beaver 

 in miniature. 



Musquash, like all animals in cold countries, 

 are at their best condition in the autumn. Let 

 my hunter friend take one of the above despised 

 animals, select a nice mixed flesh and fat one, 

 clean it as you would a beaver, split it up the 

 front, impale it on a sharp pointed stick, intro- 

 duce the point near the root of the tail, and 

 bring it up to the inside of the head. Plant 

 your screwer in front of your camp fire, giving 

 it an occasional twist, while getting your tea 

 and other things ready. When done stand it 

 back from the excessive heat for- a short while 

 to cool and harden. Fill your pannican of tea, 

 spread out your biscuits, cut off a quarter sec- 

 tion of your roast suckling, and fall to, and a 

 hundred to one you never ate anything more 

 delicious. I know prejudice has to be gotten 

 over, "I have been there myself." 



I starved once for a day and a night, did 

 hard paddling and portaging all day and went 

 supperless at night, simply because I could not 

 get over the idea of "rat." We had about a 

 dozen with us, and my Indian companion 

 roasted a couple each meal and demolished both 

 himself with satisfaction and relish; for myself 

 the thought of the name was enough. 



Take again the Canadian lynx. Were this 



