This miller had shot an animal they call a muskrat, the skin of which we saw hanging up to dry. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680] Reference
The muskrat is a skilled engineer, and delights in tunnelling. From Wordnik.com. [The Human Side of Animals] Reference
Part of the year the muskrat is a social animal; at other seasons it is solitary. From Wordnik.com. [The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire] Reference
Before he could recover, the muskrat was upon him. From Wordnik.com. [Followers of the Trail] Reference
Twanas it was played with beaver or muskrat teeth. From Wordnik.com. [Indian Games : an historical research] Reference
A plump-looking muskrat was caught by both forelegs. From Wordnik.com. [With Trapper Jim in the North Woods] Reference
The skin of this muskrat you are to use for clothing. From Wordnik.com. [A Treasury of Eskimo Tales] Reference
Once a muskrat waddled into the protection of the bushes. From Wordnik.com. [Ralestone Luck] Reference
As the muskrat placed the mud on the turtle's shell he died. From Wordnik.com. [Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children] Reference
"Or muskrat traps," groaned Ned, who walked with difficulty. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Dale's Camping Days] Reference
For the fat old muskrat, however, the winter held no terrors. From Wordnik.com. [Followers of the Trail] Reference
The muskrat dodged and turned to the pool, but he was too late. From Wordnik.com. [Followers of the Trail] Reference
Separation of hair like a wet muskrat in a metallic reflection. From Wordnik.com. [American Papyrus: 25 Poems] Reference
This muskrat trap has a single spring and a jaw spread of 4 inches. From Wordnik.com. [Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17] Reference
The muskrat entered his den with a bleeding foot but a thankful heart. From Wordnik.com. [Followers of the Trail] Reference
If so experienced a man as that muskrat trapper could get lost in Black. From Wordnik.com. [Boy Scouts on a Long Hike Or, To the Rescue in the Black Water Swamps] Reference
"Let's stop and see if the muskrat is home yet," proposed the little boy. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins at Home] Reference
Moreover, the muskrat would have the advantage of being on familiar ground. From Wordnik.com. [Followers of the Trail] Reference
Jeems isn't dishonest, and neither are a great many of the muskrat hunters. From Wordnik.com. [Ralestone Luck] Reference
One warm summer day the muskrat emerged from the lower entrance to his lodge. From Wordnik.com. [Followers of the Trail] Reference
About a week later the big muskrat was again feeding some distance down stream. From Wordnik.com. [Followers of the Trail] Reference
Probably Tony needed muskrat skins more than we, or at least thought that he did. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59] Reference
The muskrat, torn and bleeding, reeled back to his lodge to refill his aching lungs. From Wordnik.com. [Followers of the Trail] Reference
The muskrat watched with bulging eyes but the trout did not again return to the pool. From Wordnik.com. [Followers of the Trail] Reference
The muskrat knew that he could never hope to reach his home ahead of the bloodthirsty mink. From Wordnik.com. [Followers of the Trail] Reference
That muskrat might chase us for breaking in his house, though we didn't mean to do any harm. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins at Home] Reference
The big muskrat, however, kept much to himself, leading his own life, independent of the colony. From Wordnik.com. [Followers of the Trail] Reference
After a time the muskrat bestirred himself and crossed the pool to a spot near his own front door. From Wordnik.com. [Followers of the Trail] Reference
For a long time the muskrat lay trembling in the darkness, with only the tip of his nose above water. From Wordnik.com. [Followers of the Trail] Reference
To illustrate we will presume that we have a muskrat just from the trap which is to be mounted at once. From Wordnik.com. [Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration] Reference
The woman's coat was made from the skins of two white hares; while two muskrat skins clothed the child. From Wordnik.com. [A Treasury of Eskimo Tales] Reference
'A sensible man like ye arn't a gwine ter waste good powder on sech a muskrat sort of a thing as this is, is ye?. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
One day while we were pulling over a lot of old truck in a corner of the shop, we found some rusty muskrat traps. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59] Reference
During these years I used to tag along behind Clarence while he was hunting and taking care of his trap line for fox and muskrat. From Wordnik.com. [The Biography of a Rabbit] Reference
In the case of a muskrat the ears are so insignificant that they only need a little clay and tow forced into them to hold them in place. From Wordnik.com. [Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration] Reference
Fortunately for the rat, his captor was flying low and before the hawk could again secure its prey the muskrat had fallen into the stream. From Wordnik.com. [Followers of the Trail] Reference
Standing at a bend in the stream, it resembled a mass of driftwood deposited by the freshet, yet it was the snug home of a fat old muskrat. From Wordnik.com. [Followers of the Trail] Reference
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