eaten on the spot, others were carried to 

 her nest in a hole in the bank. They 

 doubtless were fed to her family of nine 

 half grown young minks. 



The mink is a small animal, having a 

 long, slender body and short legs. It 

 walks rather clumsily, with back arched 

 upward, but it can go rapidly and grace- 

 fully in a springing, bounding movement. 

 In this manner it often travels long dis- 

 tances. In a farming section, mink will 

 rob the hen-house, eating eggs and kill- 

 ing young chickens. In the woods, mink 

 catch mice, frogs and eat eggs of water 

 fowl, but they specialize on small fish. 

 In trapping mink, a piece of fish makes 

 good bait. A large number of mink skins 

 are required in making a fur garment for 

 a human to wear, but considering its 

 small size the trapper gets a good price 

 for a mink skin. 



On the hillside back of our camp, on 

 occasions, a marten might be seen chas- 

 ing a red squirrel over the ground, up 

 a tree trunk, through the branches, jump- 



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