[Concord, Massachusetts]
1912
Sept. 30
(No 2)
[September 30, 1912]

Weasel hunting Rat in cabin.

routed out the Rat from among the wood and followed
it up a rough-backed locust post that supports the roof
of the cabin. Both animals ascended this spirally winding
around & around it at such speed that my eye could
scarce follow them. Just before reaching the top of the 
post the Rat was overtaken by the Weasel who
seized him about the middle of the back and bit
him but not, it would seem, very severely for he 
merely squealed & freeing himself kept on & went out
through the hole with the Weasel in hot pursuit. 
Less than a minute later either he or a precisely
similar-looking Rat came back through the hole
and disappeared in the wood pile. Shortly after
this the Weasel also returned by the same route
& began a systematic & leisurely search for the
rat. After exploring the wood pile thoroughly, winding