BOOK OF NATURAL HISTORY. 13 
THE WEASEL. 
The weasel is a sly-looking 
animal, with a body well fitted 
for creeping into holes. It is 
a great enemy to rats, mice and 
moles, which it chases into 
their underground burrows. 
Though small, it is very fierce, 
and is not afraid of animals 
much larger than itself. These 
it kills by fixing its teeth in the 
back of their heads, and eating 
into them until they fall dead. 
Young hares and rabbits are 
often killed by it, and when it 
can get into a hen-roost, it 
