The squatter, as we called him, par excellence, pulled the logs and bits for his dwelling actually out of the river, as a muskrat collects bits of drift for his house.
A stranger, a good-looking man, brought in an extra fine looking lot of muskrat skins.
He is anxiously fair, and boys from the farms soon began to bring in skunk, squirrel, and muskrat skins, and every little while a fox or a coon.
Muskrat are found in Tresumpscott Pond and its small tributary streams, hares and partridges and foxes all through its woods.
Your muskrat didn't give you a ride Ted, and my turtle gave me a fine one," said Jan.
Oh, maybe it's the big muskrat that has hold of my rope and is giving me a ride," cried Janet.
The boys are incited to begin hunting and trapping early, and their first success in trapping a beaver, shooting a martin or spearing a muskrat is celebrated with as much triumph as is the first scalp taken in battle by a young warrior.
In the depth of winter the muskrat houses are sought out and pierced with strong and sharp spears which transfix the muskrats and bring them out on the points.
Holding westward at some distance from the south shore, he advanced past Muskrat Lake, and after a hard march came out again on the Ottawa at Lake Allumette.
An astrolabe found some years ago near Muskrat Lake may have been dropped from Champlain's luggage on the journey westward, though he does not mention the loss.
The woman's coat was made from the skins of two white hares; while two muskrat skins clothed the child.
The skin of this muskrat you are to use for clothing.
He likewise reported that young Muskrat Foster, who was not overpopular at the Davis House, had perceived the great truths of Anti-Federalism.
Jackson and Bonaparte, with an addition of fifty cents for the further contaminating of young Muskrat Foster.
Peter kept right on talking with Jerry Muskrat just as if he didn't hear, although he was burning with curiosity to know what the message was.
He bade Jerry Muskrat good-by and started for the dear Old Briar-patch to think things over.
For those to whom the name is a stumbling-block the euphemism "marsh rabbit" has been invented, and under this name the muskrat is sold even in the Wilmington market and served on the tables of white country folk.
In Delaware, especially, the muskrat is ranked as a delicacy, and personally the author ranks this rodent with the rabbit as an article of food.
Jerry Muskrat was always watching for Johnny, whenever he came to the Smiling Pool, and his eyes would twinkle as he would gravely say: "Hello, Johnny Chuck!
Peter Rabbit and Johnny Chuck whirled around, to find Jerry Muskrat peeping up at them from a hole in the bank almost under their feet.
The Swede sniffed at him contemptuously, and drew off a big mitt of muskrat hide.
The hind foot of the muskrat will leave a print in the mud like that of a little hand, and with it will be the fore-foot print, showing but four short fingers, and generally the streaks where the hard tail drags behind.
The beaver, otter, and fisher choose wild, secluded places for their homes, but the muskrat may be found also in the marshes of farm lands.
Manabush told Muskrat that his tribe should always be numerous, and that wherever his people should live they should have enough to eat.
Then Manabush held Muskrat up, and blew on him, so he became alive again.
In the middle of it were two enormous muskrator beaver-houses, far bigger than the biggest she ever before had seen.
A Wolf calling here, as a Dog does at a telegraph post, or a Muskrat at a certain mud-pie point, leaves his body-scent and learns what other visitors have been there recently to do the same.
And, returning, he showed the oil thus hardened to his brother, who, taking a large measure of it, went to the Muskrat and asked him to harden it.
Going along the creek, he saw a Muskrat (Keuchus, Pass.
The Muskrat indeed took the dish and swam away with it, and never returned.
Nothing seemed to be stirring save the tide, racing up "Muskrat Creek," and that went with an almost intelligent sound.
There were one hundred and thirty-two thousand muskratcame to one firm of traders alone in Edmonton one year, which they will sell at an advance of fifty per cent.
In the winter he will snare some small game, while mink and otter and muskrat skins will provide him flour and clothes from the fur-trader.
Not many days after the return from the muskrathunt the weather became, for that land, decidedly warmer.
All those little hillocks of marsh hay and reeds are muskrat nests," explained Mr Ross.
The region was known among the early fur traders as the Muskrat country.
The muskrat (Fiber zibethicus) was seen swimming in all the streams.
Muskrat were extremely numerous and were taken in very large numbers.
The beaver have been almost exterminated, but mink, fisher, muskrat and other fur-bearers are still fairly numerous.
The muskrat does not hibernate like some rodents, but is pretty active all winter.
He saw my approach, but doubtless took me for some water-fowl, or for some cousin of his of the muskrat tribe; for he went on with his feeding, and regarded me not till I paused within ten feet of him and lifted myself up.
Mary Muskrat was one of the Bannock girls in the mission school.
Somehow Paddy Muskrat rather liked that answer, for Peter Mink and all his family were fine swimmers and most unwelcome in the mill pond.
You don't like to get your feet wet," Paddy Muskrat said.
Then Paddy Muskrat asked the stranger a silly question.
It was on such an excursion to the bank of the mill pond that he caught sight, one day, of Paddy Muskrat--or to be more exact, that Paddy Muskrat caught sight of him.
Of course he understood that when compared with the mink and the fox, a muskrat is an ignorant little beast at best, and easily captured; but for a beginning it was worth feeling proud over.
He learned that pelts were bringing unusually good prices, and the party quoted as high as eighty cents for fall muskrat skins, properly treated.
So he told first of all about his visit to the hardware man, and how he obtained fourteen dollars for his muskrat skins.
