The mink drinks from a creek. |
The Mink is another little animal which is famous for its fur. It lives near lakes and rivers, and was once thought to belong to the otter family; but it is really a weasel In many places it is spoken of as the water pole-cat. It swims well and readily. It is found throughout Northern Europe and America, near the rivers in the spring and the lakes in the fall. Like the rest of its family, it is a fierce fighter and a mighty hunter Everything of its size in the forest flees before it. The color of the mink is dark brown, but it often varies many shades lighter.
Hunters tell many curious stories showing the cleverness of the mink. In one district where the mink had been hunted to such an extent that it had almost disappeared, a hunter was very anxious to catch one that was larger and fiercer than any he had seen before, and had so far defied all attempts to kill it.
The hunter put up a spring gun with a bait attached to a wire and trigger, which would fire off the minute it was moved. The mink smelled the bait, but when it saw the wire it became cautious at once. After watching the bait for awhile it began to dig the earth out from underneath the bait, which soon fell into the hole, and the gun exploded harmlessly. The mink then trotted off with its prize.
Hunters tell many curious stories showing the cleverness of the mink. In one district where the mink had been hunted to such an extent that it had almost disappeared, a hunter was very anxious to catch one that was larger and fiercer than any he had seen before, and had so far defied all attempts to kill it.
The hunter put up a spring gun with a bait attached to a wire and trigger, which would fire off the minute it was moved. The mink smelled the bait, but when it saw the wire it became cautious at once. After watching the bait for awhile it began to dig the earth out from underneath the bait, which soon fell into the hole, and the gun exploded harmlessly. The mink then trotted off with its prize.
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