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winter of 1912-13 one trapper got two pelts which he sold for 20 

 cents each. 



About July 15, 1902, Mr. S. S. Chadwick saw a weasel chasing 

 a rabbit. The rabbit came out upon the road on Long Point, 

 turned back toward the lake, and then ran south. Just then a 

 Weasel came along on the rabbit's trail. When it reached the 

 road and saw that it was being watched it stopped a moment, then, 

 not at all frightened, stai-ted on after the rabbit. Losing the trail 

 the weasel came back and hunted about until it was recovered, then 

 again followed it by scent just as a dog would. The rabbit ap- 

 peared greatly frightened, its eyes popped and shining. The Weasel 

 was very quick and alert. 



It is said to occur in limited numbers on the higher ground back 

 from the Kankakee River. 



10.' MINK 



MUSTELA VISON LUTREOCEPHALA (Harlan) 



The Mink is not common in the immediate vicinity of Lake 

 Maxinkuckee, but it is said to be more plentiful a few miles to the 

 westward and along Yellow and Tippecanoe rivers. One was 

 killed in February, 1898, near the Winfield cottage; others were 

 obtained about the lake December 18, 1899, January 19, 1900, and 

 November 9, 1900. On April 5, 1901, a skull of a female mink 

 was picked up near Lost Lake. A few were trapped in the winter 

 of 1903-4 ; three at Norris Inlet in October, and one at the ice- 

 houses December 14. On December 17, 1901, a mink dragged 

 three ducks from the ice on the lake to a hole under a stone wall 

 on Long Point. 



In the winter of 1906-7, a mink track was observed on the shore 

 at the Shady Point cottage. The mink had gone south toward 

 Murray's until opposite the Gravelpit when it went out on the ice 

 several rods to an open place where it evidently fed for a time, 

 after which it returned on the ice to the shore and then followed 

 the lake shore on south nearly to Murray's, where it was found 

 under the edge of the ice and killed. It was in some respects 

 an abnormal mink, the head and shoulders being unusually heavy, 

 the body short and thick like that of a coon, and the color jet 

 black. The pelt sold for $3.50. 



On September 7, 1907, a very large mink was seen in Outlet 

 Bay between Chadwick's Hotel and the north end of the icehouses. 

 It was watched for some time and was evidently feeding. It would 

 dive and remain under a few seconds, then come up not far from 



