It is through here that the Otternoiselessly glides to find himself in the midst of his hunting domain without having been seen or been obliged to make a noisy plunge which would put the game to flight.
The Otter seeks its food in the water, and actively hunts fish in ponds and rivers.
She told us she was going for some flowers to the otter cliff," said Sister Rosa, with cheeks that were rapidly blanching.
He was otter hunting--there is an otter hole still, half-way down that bank.
Yesterday I was on the top of the otter cliff when it was coming down in a torrent!
Miss Fountain had gone for cherry blossom to the otter cliff; the cliff was unsafe after the rain; only twenty-four hours before, Mr. Helbeck had given orders on the subject to the old keeper.
Height of Land, Little Pine, Pine, and Rush (these being on the course of Otter Tail r.
The outlet of this last expands into a lake, and again into water called Two Lakes from its form; whence the discharge is into Otter Tail l.
The Leech-Otter Tail traverse, or route by which one passed from Mississippian waters to those of Red r.
Lake Ple was the one where the route forked--one way leading on down the Crow Wing series, the other turning off to the Otter Tail series.
The unnumbered affluents which unite to compose the main stream head in lakes and marshes of Hubbard, Becker, Otter Tail, Wadena, and Todd cos.
It is not easy to pick this exact route up from a modern map; but I may add that it runs in Hubbard, Becker, and Otter Tail cos.
They were made of different kinds of felt, or of otter or goat's skin, or of wool or cotton.
In winter, when he travelled or hunted on horseback, he threw over his shoulders a covering of otter or sheepskin.
Otter Lake, where they had been in late March, No.
Near Atlantic Mine the wolves scavenged on garbage from loggers, and then nearOtter Lake they spent several days also feeding on garbage.
The first confirmed deer kill was made east of Otter Lake about April 1.
Most of them had got a sprinkling, and the otter and the duck-bill brute were simply soaked.
Dick did propose to take the otter out of the cage and offered to set its leg if Ned would hold the creature.
The hind leg of the otter was held firmly by the trap, but he sprang fiercely at Ned as he came near, and the sharp teeth snapped together within a few inches of the boy's face as the short chain straightened out.
He is bound for Boat Landing, with a lot of alligator hides and otter skins, and I am finishing up this letter to send by him.
The otterwould have been free, but that Dick, who was looking for trouble, had it by the neck with both hands and in spite of its biting, scratching and struggling, it was dumped in the box and the door of its cage closed.
As it grew late and they turned homeward, Dick said: "Ever since that otter of yours died I've wanted a pet in camp.
Ned had seen a petotter at Myers and wanted one for himself.
I shouldn't wonder if it made a pretty good pet, and I don't care how big its mouth is, it couldn't have a bigger bite than that otter of ours.
They could not induce the otter to eat anything, although it seemed much less fearful of them.
He says he will sell for oneotter skin like that one in the canoe.
He had brought with him an otter trap, with smooth jaws instead of the cruel teeth which are customary, and he set it near an otter slide.
Might it not have been built to aid the Russians in securing otter or to help the 'Boston Nation' in their nefarious smuggling?
They then prepared themselves, and Ojeeg told the otter to have the first trial at making a hole in the sky.
As they were eating, the otter began to laugh at the strange movements of the Manitou, who, hearing a noise, turned quickly and threw himself on the otter.
But the otter managed to wriggle from under him, and escaped out of the door.
Their chief was four times as large as the most gigantic otter ever seen in the regions of Whulge, and certainly was as great as a seal.
Turning round much startled, he saw a huge otter just clambering up over the edge of the lake.
At every thirteenth stroke of his pick, the fugleman ottertapped with his tail on the monument.
Fugleman otter leaped down, and seizing the supplemental pick between his teeth, mouthed it over to the digger.
In ten seconds there was nobody left on the ground but Otter and poor little white-striped Skunk.
Otter might do it, for he's a generous Chap, but Sakwasew is a greedy little snip, I think.
Otter came sliding through the snow on his belly; "has Francois been visiting you too?
Soon they were joined by Black King; Otter was already there.
Otter was wandering about disconsolately through the woods, declaiming to the trees that his Slide was ruined for all time to come, and he really wished the Trap had ended his days.
This red-poison ate them as Otter devours a Fish--bones and all.
THE OTTER SLIDE For the next few days Francois was busy completing his Marten Road, quite unconscious of the undoing that followed him.
The Otter slide was exactly like a boy's coasting chute on a hill.
King, "you know Otter is one of the pluckiest fighters inside the Boundaries.
Ancient Otterstopped and pointed to the lodge and said to us in a low tone: "There it is, the wolf medicine lodge, and that one just to the north of it is my friend's lodge.
We went peacefully on, and presently Ancient Otter led us out of the circle, and away out from the lodges, and when at a safe distance stopped and told us that we had been in the wrong camp; the camp of the River Crows.
When Ancient Otter stepped into the lodge and the Crow, Little Wolf, saw who it was, he sprang up and embraced and kissed him, then did the same to us and motioned us to seats.
Said Mad Plume to me: "You now know why Ancient Otter is with us.
When opposite our leader the person said something, and half stopped; but Ancient Otter pretended that he did not hear and kept right on, we following.
After a time Ancient Otter came in with his friend, Little Wolf, and we anxiously awaited the call from the council of chiefs.
We took in with us, in ten skin bales, two hundred and forty beaver skins and nine otter skins, of which a few more than half were mine!
Ancient Otter led us, looking for the lodge of the painted wolves.
My quest was for fur, and I collected nine beaver and twootter skins.
The bodies of a pappoose and of a very little child, which probably died at birth or soon after it, have sea-otter skins around them.
Last year the captain was in the neighborhood of Kagamale in quest of sea-otter and other furs, and he bore up for the island, with the intention of testing the truth of the tradition he had heard.
They used to make excursions about the country on foot, sometimes fishing, sometimes hunting otter in the Inny.
But she was glad to give Captain Clark the beautiful sea-otter skins.
After the moon rose, with Barnabas Otter and a few other faithful comrades, he ventured out from the woods to recover his father's body.
They could not forget the horrors of Wyoming, the vexatious escape of Noah Waxpenny, and the tragic death of Barnabas Otter and the Tory ruffian.
Nathan answered lustily, and a dozen strokes brought him to shore just as Barnabas Otter reached the foot of the bluff.
To know such a man as Barnabas Otter makes me feel sometimes that your cause will triumph.
For this duty twenty men of the Wyoming Company were detailed, and Barnabas Otter and Nathan were of the number.
Then Barnabas Otter and Corporal Dubbs grasped him by each arm, and in spite of protest they dragged him rapidly along with the retreating regiment.
Barnabas Otter was a product of the early days of Pennsylvania colonization.
The common otterof Europe is Lutra vulgaris; the American otter is L.
The otter on the Atlantic coast is distinguished by minute differences from the Pacific species.
The true relationship of organisms is brought before one by considering relations of analogy, an otter-like animal amongst mammalia and an otter amongst marsupials.
His body was blackened with charcoal, and he wore a girdle of otter skin with the body of a crow hanging from it.
The Englishman and I crept across the pebbles with panther feet, and the splash of a frightened otter was the only sound.
It was the season for beaver and otter trapping, and I hoped to encounter hunting parties, so we landed, made camp in the open, and piled our fire till the smoke blurred the sky.
In response the otter discreetly drew back a few feet.
Presently the otter made a little rush in, as if to seize it.
But this fact to the otter was of no account whatever.
Having killed the writhing fish, the lynx turned sharp about, crouched with one paw on the prize, and eyed the approaching otter warily.
The otter sniffed inquiringly at the ground, as if discovering a new scent there.
At first the otter came on with a steady rush, as if disdaining all fence and all precaution.
Here the darkest mink, the silkiest sable, the blackest otterare trapped and traded; here are bred these rich furs whose possession women prize as second only to precious stones.
That night, the 17th of August, we made our camp on a little island close to the Otter Falls.
The shouting from the bank had ceased, and everybody waited in tense expectancy, when the otter disappeared.
If you're born in the North Country, it's hard to keep out of the river when you hear the otter hounds.
They came out in a few minutes, and scampered up and down among the stones, evidently at fault, for there was no sign of the otter anywhere.
It can't be nice to ride at a dangerous fence, or flounder down a rapid after an otter when you're stiff with cold.
Then the Otter said he would go out and catch the eels.
He looked so hungry that the Otter said, “Stay to dinner with me, and I will catch you a string of eels.
After sitting around for awhile and talking about the weather, and how mischievous the hunters and the dogs had been the Rabbit invited the Otter to take dinner with him on the next Sunday.
On Sunday the Otter came looking for a dinner of dried turnips and winter cabbages.
Looking in he saw theOtter at home, and very comfortable indeed, with a string of dried fish hung out over the door, and some corn left over from last season.
They went out to the river bank where the Otter got on an ice-slide and coasted down into the water.
Those fishermen certainly have a good time,” and then he and the Otter went into the hut and cooked the eels in corn, and had dinner.
By this time theOtter was hungry but he stopped to laugh at the Rabbit, who was a sad sight.
