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muskrats, which he loves to eat, and you may "bait the 

 trap with muskrat carcass and set it in a rat house, where 

 you will often find handfuls of little fish that the mink 

 has brought there. In the winter time he travels along 

 si)ringy brooks, pulling out frogs, and here he may easily 

 be caught. You may also catch them in winter at the 

 sides of big springs, or along the springy sides of joonds 

 and swamps, where they like to roam. 



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