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one, had to be killed because he would not be "shooed" 

 nor stoned away from the trout ponds. 



This is related to show my forbearance toward the 

 muskrat. In summer musky would come into the in- 

 closure and swim about a big pool below the ponds, 



Stone Fly {Phryganed) , Larva and Cases. 



raise a brood and enjoy life. When he burrowed into 

 the dams he was trapped, and I often said to him before 

 the yelping terriers had a whack at him: "Now, 

 Musky, if you and your tribe will only dig where I 

 want digging done we will dwell in peace; but you 

 persist in boring into my dams, and we are no longer 

 friends." But the terriers had no argument to make. 



MusKRATS. — For years I had suspected the musquash 

 of eating fish, but had no evidence. The ground for sus- 

 picion was that the muskrat ate animal food in the shape 

 of fresh-water mussels (Unios), as was shown by the 

 piles of shells which he took the trouble to carry to a fav- 

 orite place. He is a queer fellow, and his habits ar? wprtb 



