[Concord, Massachusetts]
[September 30, 1912]
[no. 4]

the first, to disable him for he once more escaped
through the hole squealing loudly as before. The Weasel
went out after him & did not return. We sought it
outside & saw it peeping out at us from a hole in
the ground near the cabin. I approached it within 5 ft. [feet]
where it continued to gaze at me showing only its face
which looked very broad. Its eyes had now a rather
placid, gentle expression but when it was hunting for
the Rat in the cabin they fairly blazed appearing
emerald green in some lights, in others flashing white
like diamonds and positively seeming to emit rather
than reflect, light.
  If we may credit the accounts we read in books of Weasels
seizing their prey by the throat & never letting go their hold
until they [have] bitten into the jugular vein and sucked 
the blood of the hapless victim then this particular
Weasel must have been a sad bungler at his
murderous trade for he had two perfectly fine
chances to slay the Rat yet apparently did