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to disable him, for he once more escaped through the 
hole, squealing loudly as before. The Weasel went out 
after him and did net return. Tfe sought it outside 
and saw it peeping out at us from a hole In the ground 
near the cabin. I approached it within five feet when 
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 r ther than reflect, light. 
If we may credit the accounts we read in 
books of Weasels seizing their prey by the throat and 
never letting go their hold until they have bitten into 
the jugular vein and sucked the blood of the hapless vic¬ 
tim, then this particular Weasel must have been a sad 
bungler at his murderous trade, for he had two perfectly 
fair chances to slay the Rat, yet apparently did it no 
more harm than an angry Squirrel nipping at another might 
have done. 
While the Rat was evidently badly frightened, 
he either came back into the cabin within a minute after 
being bitten and driven out, or else another Rat exactly 
