| 单词 | stoat |
| 例句 | A family of stoats wove and wound their way to the water to drink. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Seven rats, two ferrets and a stoat lay dead in the ditch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Before they had reached the Belt, Groundsel’s party was attacked by a pair of stoats, one old and the other a yearling. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Woundwort, hearing the squealing from behind him, covered the distance in a few moments and set upon the veteran stoat with slashing teeth and great kicks from his needle-clawed back paws. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z After issuing orders to his remaining captains, Cluny, accompanied by a score of assorted rats, weasels, stoats and ferrets, crept off along the course of the ditch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The stoat curled himself around her neck, and his dark eyes never left Will’s face. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Scurvy rats, hungry ferrets, sly weasels, bad stoats—exactly what he needed. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “It’s not a stoat sandwich, is it?” said Harry anxiously, and at last Hagrid gave a weak chuckle. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Hagrid made them tea and offered them stoat sandwiches, which they refused. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z But then another shift in things took place, because he realized that they, both girl and stoat, were profoundly afraid of him, as much as if he’d been a ghost. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z All he saw was the battered body of a stoat being borne towards him on what appeared to be a boiling wave of ooze. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The first old woman picked up the stoat by the head, and sliced it from neck to groin. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Ferrets, weasels and stoats, their faces smeared with moist dark earth, popped out of the ground in the oddest of places. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z At the tunnel entrance in the ditch, Fangburn and Killconey were madly thrust aside as rats, weasels, ferrets and stoats fought their way out of the tunnel. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Well, it might have been a big rat, I suppose, or perhaps a stoat. Something he went for that put up a fight.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Now it was a red-brown stoat with a cream throat and belly, and it glared at him as ferociously as the girl herself. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m sure it’s bad country for stoats as well as foxes, and I hadn’t much idea what we were going to do if we met one.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Weasels and stoats jostled past them carrying baskets of earth or dragging rocks and roots. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He was a short, square-built, cotton-headed individual with the face of an angel and the cunning of a stoat. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Since our friends aren’t here to push us,” said Bigwig, “we may as well make sure the place isn’t crawling with stoats and owls before we go out.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Rats, ferrets, weasels and stoats fought with the ferocity born of desperation. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z There might very well be a stoat on his trail at this moment. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Once Dandelion struck the smell of a stoat and they all joined him, whispering and sniffing over the ground. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He was impervious to the fascination of the mustelidae, and hoped someday to kill a weasel, if not a stoat. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The Thousand began to close in—stoats, a fox, even a tomcat from some farm or other. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d obtained over a hundred new recruits, mainly rats but with a good scattering of ferrets and weasels, and the odd stoat. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, the weasels, and their brethren the stoats and ferrets, argued their case hotly. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A case is mentioned in the literature of a stoat and a rat living in a companion relationship, while other rats presented to the stoat were devoured by it in the typical way of stoats. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The knob of the handle was made of the skull of a stoat, oiled and polished like ivory, and Kay loved it. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Sela knew exactly how many rats, weasels, stoats and ferrets were able-bodied enough for combat. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Many were sparrows, shrews and woodland defenders, but they were far outnumbered by the slain rats, ferrets, weasels and stoats. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A stoat or a fox took a rabbit and took no more until it was ready to hunt again. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He extended a yellow-gray finger, pointing directly at Pantalaimon, whose red-brown stoat form immediately became ermine white. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Foxes, stoats, weasels—any of these might be encountered, and the only recourse would be flight above ground. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bit of a dark horse, isn’t she, our Kittyhawk? Thought she didn’t like men. Ready to go like a stoat with you, though.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z On this day, one crone came in from the woods, carrying a stoat, its throat a splash of red. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z His fierce eye gazed out across the mighty army: black rats, brown rats, grey rats, piebald rats, skulking weasels, furtive stoats and sinuous ferrets, all gathered round, their weapons glistening and dripping with the rain. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z That plan is devoted to wiping out introduced species of rats, stoats and possums. Paw outcome? New Zealand council proposes banning all cats 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z I also disliked how the bad guys are all rats, weasels, ferrets and stoats. Redwall by Brian Jacques - review 2013-05-03T14:00:00Z We have pheasants and stoats and so many rabbits that in the spring and summer it looks as if our house is the backdrop for an Easter commercial. Untamed 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z They center on the triumph of good over evil — specifically the hard-won victories of the abbey’s resident mice, badgers and squirrels over the marauding rats, weasels and stoats that perennially threaten their peaceable kingdom. Brian Jacques, Writer of Redwall Series, Dies at 71 2011-02-09T05:31:46Z The dead leaves in the filing cabinet give way to fresh sproutings in the water cooler, there's a bright-eyed stoat running across the floor and a moose loose amid the office dividers. Flesh and Blood & Fish?and?Fowl 2010-08-06T20:30:00Z On the brink of extinction from imported predators, a few last kākāpō were evacuated to three tiny islets around New Zealand to live free from pests like cats and stoats. How New Zealand saved the kakapo from extinction 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z A project to eradicate stoats from Orkney could take another five years and cost a further £8m to complete, it has been claimed. Call for extra £8m to eradicate stoats from Orkney 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Conservationists have long worked to control the populations of the takahe's predators - stoats, feral cats, ferrets and rats. New Zealand birds: Takahe facing extinction find new home in sanctuary 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z New Zealand has set an ambitious goal of eradicating by 2050 all nonnative pests — including feral cats, weasel-like stoats, possums, rats and mice — that have decimated much of its unique fauna. A contest encouraged children to hunt feral cats — until the backlash 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z The kakapo have been nearly wiped out by introduced predators such as stoats as the birds cannot fly. New Zealand's endangered kakapo parrot gets a big population boost 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z By creating dams and holding water, the beavers are encouraging previously unseen species into the area such as kingfisher, stoats and waterfowl. First beaver born in Cheshire for more than 400 years 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z The project has worked with more than 900 landowners across the Orkney islands to prevent stoats from colonising more land. Call for extra £8m to eradicate stoats from Orkney 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z At other times, Auden’s phrases approach the surreal: “In the infected sinus, and the eyes of stoats” or “A crack in the teacup opens/ A lane to the land of the dead.” Review | Auden was more than a great poet. Two books remind us why. 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z A problem that appears to consist of a single stoat. New Zealand’s Biodiversity Crisis Prompts Extreme Measures 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z She says the kokako and other native birds have struggled to survive in the country since rats, stoats and possums arrived with European and other settlers beginning hundreds of years ago. ‘Most Wanted’ list leads to rediscovered species. Conservation group sets its sights on finding 8 more. 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z Enter European ships, bearing new carnivores: more aggressive rat species, plus mice, stoats, and others. Track New Zealand’s Bid to Take Back Nature 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z This allowed the stoat population to rebound to pre-eradication levels undoing the previous progress. Call for extra £8m to eradicate stoats from Orkney 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z The next spring, introduced mice multiply; later, so do the introduced stoats that prey on them. Why are trees dropping so many nuts? Climate may drive erratic ‘masting’ 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z As a result, they are defenseless against predators like stoats — weasel-like creatures with jagged teeth and remarkable agility — which were introduced to New Zealand in the 19th century to control rabbits. New Zealand’s Biodiversity Crisis Prompts Extreme Measures 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z Traditional robes are made from ermine, which is the white winter coat of the stoat. New peer: Lords robes should use fake fur 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z The initiative aims to remove rats, stoats and possums from all New Zealand’s 600-plus islands by that year. Track New Zealand’s Bid to Take Back Nature 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Since trapping restarted, stoats have been found making dens in attics, under kitchen floorboards, in garden rockeries, and in greater density than on the UK mainland. Call for extra £8m to eradicate stoats from Orkney 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Once the beech nuts are gone, the mice dwindle, and conservationists have to poison the stoats so they don’t kill native birds. Why are trees dropping so many nuts? Climate may drive erratic ‘masting’ 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z New Zealand's definition of a mammalian predator encompasses stoats and possums as well. The communities on a mission to exterminate rats 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z It is, though, a safe haven for birds that were for many years forced out by the hardwired killing of stoats, and other pests. Inside New Zealand's war on invasive predators 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Their numbers have also been curbed by hunting, deforestation, and predators like stoats which were introduced by European settlers. Rare parrot has record breeding season 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z This meant the project has taken a more active approach to trapping, using Europe's first stoat detection dogs on the frontline earlier than expected. Call for extra £8m to eradicate stoats from Orkney 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Already, he has shown that temperature can predict when beech masting will occur and stoat control will be needed. Why are trees dropping so many nuts? Climate may drive erratic ‘masting’ 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Members of the House of Lords traditionally wear red robes trimmed with white stoat fur, known as ermine, at ceremonial occasions such as the State Opening of Parliament. MP told off for 'ermine vermin' jibe 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z A year ago, the New Zealand government announced a bold plan to rid the country of a trio of invasive predators—brush-tailed possums, rats, and stoats—that threatens native birds. Top stories: A killer cell transplant and the secret to reducing your carbon footprint 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Settlers introduced opossums for the fur trade and weasel-like stoats to control rabbits. New Zealand’s ambitious plan to save birds: Kill every rat 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Organisers hope that within two years it can transition into the 'mop-up' phase, meaning that the stoat population has reached a critical tipping point in Orkney. Call for extra £8m to eradicate stoats from Orkney 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z There is a similar problem in Orkney, where stoats are not a native species, but were first spotted on the island back in 2010. Making Orkney 'stoatally' free of alien predators - BBC News 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Under the Pests Act of 1954, trappers can only use approved traps to kill stoats, weasels, rabbits, and squirrels and they must be checked at least once per day. Going underground: inside the world of the mole-catchers 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z They hope to achieve this through strict import controls, as well as an extermination plan against stoats, rats and possums. New Zealand imports insects to fight plant invader - BBC News 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Another system still being experimented with, called Spitfire, tempts stoats to run through tubes on the forest floor where they would be squirted chemical toxins. New Zealand Takes the Fight to Pint-Size Predators 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z However, it said the cost of supressing stoats enough to prevent them from spreading to more islands was estimated at a similar amount per year forever. Call for extra £8m to eradicate stoats from Orkney 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z "And, in particular, they are really bad news for our native kiwi bird. So, where stoats are present, very few juveniles get to one year of age. In fact, probably, we lose 90% of individuals." Making Orkney 'stoatally' free of alien predators - BBC News 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z On its crown, sits a smooth roll of steel to deter climbers, including rats, cats and stoats. NZ's war on stoats, rats and possums - BBC News 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z The plan also ties into the government's Predator-Free 2050 plan which aims to rid the country of possums, rats and stoats. New Zealand's plan to save the kiwi - BBC News 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Current research into traps involves stoat anal glands, which presumably won't attract curious birds. Concern over falling kea numbers in New Zealand - BBC News 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z In July, the New Zealand government announced its intention to eradicate all rats, stoats and possums from the entire country by 2050 to save native birds such as the kiwi. Invasion of the Alien Species 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Literally, where there are stoats, New Zealand native birds do not prosper. Making Orkney 'stoatally' free of alien predators - BBC News 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z At a research facility at Lincoln University, near Christchurch, I come face to face with a cantankerous stoat. NZ's war on stoats, rats and possums - BBC News 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z However, the box contained nothing but 16 bottles of an experimental - and foul-smelling - oil made from the anal glands of stoats. Smelly stoat gland surprise for New Zealand thieves - BBC News 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z But several recently introduced species, such as rats, possums, and weasellike carnivores called stoats, now kill about 25 million of these native birds every year. New Zealand’s ‘mind-blowing’ goal: Rat-free by 2050 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z The country plans to eradicate invasive rats, stoats, and possums by 2050 to save its unique wildlife—but it won't be easy. In World First, Country to Wipe Out Invasive Predators 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z “Our ambition is that by 2050 every single part of New Zealand will be completely free of rats, stoats and possums,” says Key in the statement. New Zealand Aims to Wipe Out Invasive Predators 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Sutherland regularly checks box traps set in the forest to catch ferrets, stoats and rats that prey on the young, flightless birds, refilling the traps with fresh eggs for bait. A New Zealand Penguin, Hard to Spot, Is Harder to Preserve 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z The problem, which the opportunist thieves may already have experienced, is that the putrid stench associated with the anal glands of stoats "lingers on any fabric or surface". Smelly stoat gland surprise for New Zealand thieves - BBC News 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z The second, European wave of immigrants brought cats and stoats to add to the birds’ woes. Not an ex-parrot 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z A stoat captures one of its favorite prey, a vole, in Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy. Before and After: See Animals Change Their Coats for Winter 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z Bottles were sold encased inside either a taxidermy stoat or squirrel. Shock tactics: How to make a big splash with a small budget - BBC News 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Pine martens are nocturnal, house cat-sized members of the stoat and weasel family. Shropshire pine marten sighting is the first in a century - BBC News 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z The pine marten, a cat-sized carnivore related to the stoat, was believed to be confined to forests in the west of Northern Ireland. QUB study shows pine martens are more common in NI than thought - BBC News 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z The wild kiwi population has been declining by about 2 percent each year due to predators such as stoats and ferrets. New Zealand fails to deliver promised budget surplus 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z A stoat captures one of its favorite prey, a vole, in Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy. Before and After: See Animals Change Their Coats for Winter 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z The combined effect of all these “experiments,” particularly the introduction of predators, like stoats, has been ongoing devastation. New Zealand’s Crusade Against Mammals | The New Yorker 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z They are trying to rid the islands of invasive marsupials, rodents, ferrets, and stoats, which are destroying native species at a rapid pace. Slide Show: Bloody, Bloody Biophilia 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z The average stoat lives a short life of just 1.5 years. Mammal Photographer of the Year 2014-04-01T23:46:47Z Both ptarmigan and mountain hare are also vulnerable to the third creature able to turn white in winter: the stoat. How wildlife copes in the Cairngorms 2014-01-20T07:48:02Z A stoat captures one of its favorite prey, a vole, in Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy. Before and After: See Animals Change Their Coats for Winter 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z In the days—perhaps weeks—it had spent in the trap, the stoat had lost most of its fur, so it looked as if it had been flayed. New Zealand’s Crusade Against Mammals | The New Yorker 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Only a few thousand remain and that number seems to be declining from predation by stoats and other introduced mammals. Braniac parrots threatened by widespread lead poisoning 2013-01-21T14:45:00.313Z Without lemmings for dinner, stoats and other Greenland predators may face extinction. Greenland Lemmings' Collapse Pushes Predators to Brink 2012-09-12T00:01:00Z In spring and summer, the Cairngorm stoat population resembles those found throughout Britain. How wildlife copes in the Cairngorms 2014-01-20T07:48:02Z The skin of the stoat is highly prized by the Tibetans, who say that it has the property of restoring faded turquoises to their former beauty. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z Next came the stoats, or, as Americans would say, short-tailed weasels. New Zealand’s Crusade Against Mammals | The New Yorker 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z The impact of predation by introduced stoats on Hutton’s Shearwaters, New Zealand. Living the pelagic life: of oil, enemies, giant eggs and telomeres (petrels part II) 2012-03-14T15:15:00.213Z "We expect we will lose the snowy owl, skua, and stoat," he says, noting that these three species are dependent on the lemmings to feed their young. Greenland Lemmings' Collapse Pushes Predators to Brink 2012-09-12T00:01:00Z It might have been the crying of a hare, or the squealing of a rabbit caught by a stoat. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z Hide-and-seek is a calm game; the thing sought for might almost as well be an inanimate object: it is the game of stoats looking for pheasants' eggs, of bears looking for honey. Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities 2012-02-26T03:00:14.933Z Some people are fastidious about cleaning their traps of bits of rotted stoat. New Zealand’s Crusade Against Mammals | The New Yorker 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z The wild animals are bears, wolves, foxes, lynxes, wild cats, badgers, otters, martens, stoats and weasels. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z The Traill Island project was originally launched to understand the effect of predators—primarily stoats, snowy owls, Arctic foxes, and long-tailed skuas—on the lemming cycle. Greenland Lemmings' Collapse Pushes Predators to Brink 2012-09-12T00:01:00Z Weasel, wē′zl, n. a common carnivore belonging to the same genus as the polecat and stoat—the body long and slender—eating rats, frogs, birds, mice, &c.: Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z “Well, I’ve shot stoats and weasels by the score; and I once shot a polecat, and another day an otter, and another day an owl.” Wild Adventures in Wild Places 2011-12-12T03:00:22.477Z The act had no perceptible impact, so stoats and ferrets were released into the bush in the hope that they would be more effective. New Zealand’s Crusade Against Mammals | The New Yorker 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z It’s quite likely it was aware of something outside to which it had an objection, a stoat perhaps or even a badger. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z They are generally those of a few stoats or weasels, a Hawk, a Magpie, an owl, and two or three Jays. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Delicate smells were drifting by, The sharp nose flaired them heedfully: Partridges in the clover stubble, Crouched in a ring for the stoat to nubble. Reynard the Fox 2011-11-20T03:00:13.153Z The fox must always be feared and detested; his disposition, like his sharp nose and red coat, is unchangeable; so, too, with the cat, stoat, weasel, etc. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z When I arrived, I noticed a dead stoat in a plastic bag by the door. New Zealand’s Crusade Against Mammals | The New Yorker 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Some people would tell you that you ought to destroy stoats and weasels whenever you see them. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z The White Rabbit did not realise that she was responsible for this flight, but, believing it to mean cat or stoat, she bolted with the rest. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z The door swung wider as his shoulder struck it, and he screamed, like a rabbit that sees a stoat. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z Such ground generally affords cover for vermin—weazels, polecats, and stoats. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z Each CO2 cannister is supposed to be good for two dozen rats or, alternatively, stoats—hence the name. New Zealand’s Crusade Against Mammals | The New Yorker 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z The horses in the waggons have at this season to be watched by a boy armed with a spray of ash, with which he flicks off the stoats that would otherwise drive the animals frantic. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The rabbits had one and all retreated to the remotest corners which they could find, but the stoat heeded them not, for he killed among the panic-stricken rats for the sheer lust of killing. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z The keeper looks upon weasel and stoat as bitter foes, to be ruthlessly exterminated with shot and gin. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z No more graceful animal exists than a stoat. Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z Then a faint rustle in the brake, as of a prowling stoat or weasel making off with stealthy glide. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z It is not generally known that the ermine and stoat are the same. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z The stoat paused and saw the dead rabbit, and the cat standing over it with a wicked gleam in his small eyes. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Warned by experiences of this kind, the keeper never picks up a stoat till “settled” with a stick or shot, and never leaves him till he is nailed to the shed. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z The action was instantaneous; the event quick as the killing of a stoat, crushed beneath the heel of the irate keeper. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z It is thought they were killed off by rats brought in by ships or by stoats introduced to control the local rabbit population. 'Biodiversity breakdown' recorded 2011-02-04T09:40:18Z Sometimes he helped the farmers get their hay in, or the gamekeepers trap stoats, and sometimes he would chop wood, and sometimes he would go far away and not come back for weeks and weeks. Half-Past Bedtime 2011-01-23T03:00:13.247Z The stoat and the cat claim equal rights with the fox over rabbit, squirrel, and rat, but only the fox is strong enough to pull down the grown hare. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Neither stoats’ nor weasels’ skins are preserved, except now and then for stuffing to put under a glass case, though the stoat is closely allied to the genuine ermine. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z She hung on to us like a stoat on a rabbit. A Poached Peerage Or some wild animal—a weasel or a stoat, perhaps—be seeking an entrance? The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life The explanation of this case is similar to that of the two stoats. The History of the European Fauna However, she had already learned three things, and important ones too—that hawks are dangerous, stoats still more so, and men are to be dreaded most of all. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z After these cases, I fear my readers would see but little of the romantic in stories of stoats mesmerising hares and rabbits, or foxes paralysing pullets. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series To these might be added the magpie, the stoat, the weasel, and other creatures that are the emblems of theft and larceny. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Instantly a sudden illumination swept over her mind: it was neither rat, bird, dog, stoat, nor weasel, but a human being that was disturbing their peace. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life Ice turns to water under the warm tongue; steel turns to fire that blisters and holds the foolish little stoat by his inquisitive tongue a hopeless prisoner till the trapper comes. The Story of the Trapper He was never seen again, and neither was his sister who fed far out in the field one evening and was marked down by a stoat. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z They were "the very polecats, stoats, weasels, and minivers in the warren of Church and State." Books Condemned to be Burnt He must lament, while he confessed, that he had been brought up in the fear and horror of foxes, weasels, stoats, polecats, sparrow-hawks, and so forth. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) If you consulted the gamekeeper, I expect he'd prefer nailing him to a corner of the lodge, in company with a choice collection of stoats, hawks, and owls. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life The natural enemies of the rat are thus mustered, the ferret, polecat, stoat, weasel, cat, dog, and man. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 She knew that the badger and the hedgehog and the squirrel and the shrew are quite harmless, but that the fox and the stoat and the cat must be avoided. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z He's as set as a hill, as tough as an old oak limb, and as cussed as a stoat.” The Wilderness Trail A stoat ran in, raised its head, looked at the fire, then at her, with glistening eyes devoid of fear, but at a movement of the child darted away and disappeared. The Broom-Squire The deer, and the wild boar, the hares, the weasels, and the stoats—even the bright little squirrels—had been shot, or had fallen into traps. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales But neither stoat nor weasel learned of his new abode. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain On this occasion the enemy turned out to be a stoat, and Cuni fled quaking lest it should be on her trail. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Weasels, stoats, and ferrets will creep in at a very small crevice. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families He watched her with deferential interest as he would watch a stoat playing. The Rainbow Heard plenty of owls, and night-jars, and such-like," he answered, "and foxes, and weasels, and stoats, and beetles creeping in the grass. The Chestermarke Instinct And from far and near the hawks and the owls, the weasels, the stoats, and the foxes hastened to the scene. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain In that face-to-face combat in the darkness the odds were with the stoat. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Some of the stoats turned quite pink," continued the Mole, "and the Sergeant in charge, he said to me, very short, he said, 'Now run away, my good woman, run away! The Wind in the Willows Many a rat, and stoat, and polecat had reason to wish them far away, I can tell you. Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young Provision must be made for the entire exclusion of such vermin as rats, stoats and weasels, which, if they were to gain access, would commit great havoc amongst the birds. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Unwelcome attentions—An old badger's watchfulness—A clever trick—A presumptuous youngster—Instructions in selfishness—Harsh measures—The badger and the stoat—A long ramble 310-324 III. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain A rat's courage is indomitable and his teeth are sharp; but between them and those of the stoat there is all the difference between a scythe and a bayonet. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Weasels—and stoats—and foxes—and so on. The Wind in the Willows As to the habit of weasels hunting in a pack, Waterton, the naturalist, mentions that he has seen two old stoats with five half-grown young ones hunting together. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter Scrutator," in No. 15. of his Letters "On the Management of Horses, Hounds, &c.," writes: "I know only of one species of stoat, but I have certainly seen more than one species of weasel.... Notes and Queries, Number 213, November 26, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. And, according to a similar method, stoats and polecats, whenever possible, seize their victims near the base of the brain. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain The stoat slept until the day was well advanced towards noon, and neither rat nor rabbit dared to stir lest he should wake and slay once more. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z But Adams had no more pity or compunction in his mind than if Meeus had been a stoat. The Pools of Silence Gloves are recommended to be worn, scented with musk when baiting for stoats, weasels, etc.., and with vervain or valerian if baiting for cats. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. It is said to be well known in Suffolk, whence, however, after some trouble, I have been unsuccessful in obtaining a specimen; young stoats or weasels having been sent me instead of it. Notes and Queries, Number 213, November 26, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. Even such timid creatures as rabbits and hares sometimes strenuously defend their young from the attacks of weasels and stoats. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain Presently she came upon a luckless rabbit which had been killed by a stoat an hour before. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z The summer ermine is the stoat, which turns white in winter in the North, when it becomes the ermine. Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes He sported gaily up and down the hedge-banks after pretending rats, and once he was so excited that I believe he was playing at weasels and stoats. New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune "No intrusion can be thought of for a moment," said the stoat. Wood Magic A Fable The stoat was left untasted, but the rabbit was speedily devoured; and then the badger family resorted to the riverside below the “set,” where the cubs were taught to lap the cool, clear water. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain The White Rabbit thought of stoats, but the other dreaded nameless things—magic things, white things—which leaped out of the gloom. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Say that he shirked it for an afternoon's lawn-tennis: it was lucky for him if he didn't find his racquet, next day, nailed up on the pavilion door like a stoat on a gamekeeper's tree. From a Cornish Window A New Edition Accordingly, in these cases the animals change their colour in the winter months to a snowy white: witness stoats, mountain hares, ptarmigan, &c. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions The stoat came close behind him; he was something like the weasel, and they say a near relation; he is much bolder than the weasel, but not one quarter so cunning. Wood Magic A Fable If a weasel or a stoat had entered the vole's new burrow during the period when the flood was at its highest, only the most fortunate circumstances could have saved its occupant. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain Keen, the stoat, seldom misses his kill, and woe betide the beast who crosses his trail; he hunts for the joy of killing, and in the woods they call him in whispers, 'the Stealthy Death.' Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z With the exception of the rabbit, all our English animals are found in Norway—the badger, fox, hare, otter, squirrel, hedgehog, polecat, stoat, and the rest of them. Peeps at Many Lands: Norway A shepherd was passing an ornamental lake one day, when his dog started a stoat, which ran out from some bushes near the water. Chatterbox, 1906 He is the best of them all, dear; better than the fox, or the weasel, or the rat, or the stoat, or the mouse, or any of them. Wood Magic A Fable Rabbits had wandered in the undergrowth; and, near a large warren, the stale, peculiar odour of a stoat that had evidently prowled at dusk lingered on the dewy soil. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain The combat raged to and fro, the cat striking, spitting, writhing, and the stoat battered, torn, flung this way and that, but all the while burying his fangs deeper in his victim's flesh. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z In summer he is just an ugly little brown stoat; but in winter he comes out in pure white, with a jet-black tip to his tail, a skin worth a lot of money. Peeps at Many Lands: Norway In a few moments it had seized the wretched stoat, and though the latter struggled hard for its life, all was in vain. Chatterbox, 1906 So that the mouse was quite safe; still, seeing the fox's glance, and the stoat's teeth glistening, he kept very near a little hole under a stole, where he could rush in if alarmed. Wood Magic A Fable However, the children were absorbed in the story, so much so that they never heard a stoat making its way down the burrow. The Five Jars But for once in a way the stoat brought salvation to the rabbits on Garry's Hill, for a rash rat snapped, and his teeth met in the newcomer's shoulder. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z The weasel is much smaller than the stoat, and you can tell it at once by its tail, which is entirely red; that of the stoat has a black tip. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children The stoat, being pursued, at last actually jumped into the lake, and swam away. Chatterbox, 1906 "I heard the same thing," said the stoat. Wood Magic A Fable All stoats, weasels, ferrets, polecats, are of the wrong people, as you may imagine, and so are most rats and bats. The Five Jars The ditch was full of enemies, for hedges are the Fur Folk's highways from field to field, and foxes, cats, and stoats patrolled it from hour to hour. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Let us see what they are: two cats, three weasels, two stoats, four jays, two magpies, two kestrils, an owl, and a sparrow-hawk. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children If you'd followed the other way, you might have seen where that stoat chased his victim into its burrow, and you might have seen where he came out again alone, after his feed underground. Kiddie the Scout The chaffinch left at the same time; the fox and the stoat went away together; the crow and the jackdaw accompanied each other a little way. Wood Magic A Fable He’s got owls, and stoats, and all sorts of things that he gets in the forest, or that nasty fellow Bunny Wrigg brings for him.” The New Forest Spy Presently she heard a rustle in the celandines, and sniffed cautiously to discover whether that which was coming were harmless rabbit, slinking stoat, or prowling cat. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z At last the stoat made a spring upon the leveret. Olla Podrida He was probably a stoat on the track of a jack-rabbit. Kiddie the Scout Now the fox had his own ideas, and he wanted to get rid of the stoat. Wood Magic A Fable There’s always something to hear, with the creatures in the forest hunting—owls, and stoats, and all sorts of night things. The New Forest Spy The stoat, with his appetite whetted, passed on and drove into the press of rats. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z But now that he is gone Out of most memories, Still lingers on, A stoat of his, But one, shrivelled and green, And with no scent at all, And barely seen On this shed wall. Last Poems Now Jefferies was not an artist, and so beside his stoats and hares, his pike, his rabbits, and his moles, his men and women are of little moment. Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation So soon as the stoat was out of sight, the fox looked round to see that no one was near, and he said to a fly: "Fly, will you carry a message for me?" Wood Magic A Fable A stoat had passed him with its mouth too full to snap—and all within two fields. mus ridiculus! "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character The stoat is brown above, dirty white underneath; his tail is longer and more bushy than that of the weasel, and always black at the tip. Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals The little English stoat, which is destroyed by the gamekeepers, becomes the beautiful snow-white ermine in Russia and other cold countries.” Masterman Ready The Wreck of the "Pacific" He had taken hold of the unfortunate stoat by the tail and held it out amidst roars of laughter. Burr Junior "Capital chance to-day?" said the stoat; "what is it you mean?" Wood Magic A Fable The stoat heralded his coming by a stealthy swish that could be heard full twenty yards away. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character The weasel and the stoat are so often mistaken for each other, that it will be well to point out the constant difference in each. Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals I am Mrs Ramsden,” said the stoat lady, holding out her hand with a very pleasant friendliness. Flaming June Jays, hawks, owls, little falcons, shrikes, weasels, stoats, and polecats. Burr Junior Let us go on to business," said the stoat, "the weasel knows no more than we do. Wood Magic A Fable Among the rabbits, of all things, a stoat! "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character His was the desperate caught face of a stoat in a trap. Little Novels of Italy But I got him to talk about stoats and weasels, and found that he had not himself seen so many together. Round About a Great Estate In mammals like otters, foxes, stoats, hares, and elephants, what a complex of tides and currents there must be in the brain-mind! The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told Not I," said the stoat; "I have had to suffer enough already, on account of my relation to that rascal the weasel, whom Kapchack suspects of designs upon his throne. Wood Magic A Fable Something was very wrong indeed with the stoat—he never even bared his teeth. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character Not long ago a gentleman heard of a remarkable fight between a stoat and a rabbit; he gives an account of it in the Field newspaper. Chatterbox, 1905. Looking up I saw three stoats gallop across the road, not more than ten yards away. Round About a Great Estate Similarly the brown stoat becomes the white ermine, mainly by the growth, of a new suit of white fur, and the same is true of the mountain hare. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told "Oh, thank you," said the stoat; "I'll run that way directly." Wood Magic A Fable The stoat flung its head up as it scented him, but let him pass. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character He looked over, and to his great surprise, saw a rabbit in close pursuit of a stoat. Chatterbox, 1905. Till that day I had never seen so many as five stoats together hunting in a pack. Round About a Great Estate Both foxes and stoats are carnivorous and feed upon ptarmigan and hares, and they must be protectively coloured that they may catch their prey. The Human Side of Animals Reynard, the fox, and Sec, the stoat, his friend, waited the approach of the king by some fern near the foot of the pollard. Wood Magic A Fable The stoat arched his back and bared his teeth to the gums. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character Magpies, jays, woodpeckers—both green and pied—kestrels hovering overhead, sparrow-hawks darting over gateways, hares by the clover, weasels on the mounds, stoats at the edge of the corn. Nature Near London Lydie, the little super, is screaming like a stoat on the stairs. A Mummer's Tale The number of bones usually found in the basement indicates that a great variety of ducks, fish, hares, lemming, and stoats are regularly eaten, and that the average fox family does not want for food. The Human Side of Animals "Listen to me a minute," said Sec, the stoat; but as they were now all talking together no one could address the assembly. Wood Magic A Fable In the open the stoat is no match for three with sticks. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character From these circumstances, and from the timidity and anxious desire to escape observation, I could only conclude that it was a white stoat. Nature Near London He came pressing up alongside his enemy—insistent, clinging, ruthless as a stoat. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs I wondered if it were a wild cat or a weazel or a stoat that had so excited her. The Story of Bawn He knew that, invisible even in the sunlight—they were closing in, tracking him fast, those stoats. The Way of the Wild The stoat came from a tree which was even more decrepit than the chestnut. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character The white stoat may be said to exactly resemble the ermine. Nature Near London Once on a line, he hunted it with the ruthlessness of a stoat. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs My terrier was fond of investigating the garden, because among the thick undergrowth he invariably found either rabbits or water-rats, or a stoat. The Romance of the Coast And there, so far as he was concerned, was an end of the stoats. The Way of the Wild But, from a stoat standpoint, the stump was unsurpassable. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character Upon his thoughts there broke the chattering scream of a rabbit caught by a stoat, tearing the velvet tissues of the night's silence. Secret Bread Two of her puppies lay dead, and in the throat of one of them there still were fastened the teeth of their slayer: a full-grown, tawny-coated stoat. Jan A Dog and a Romance Like a stoat in a burrow she will, specially if she happens to take in washin' same as my lost Sarah did. Nicky-Nan, Reservist The stoat, plus a new carmine decoration for gallantry, remembered an urgent appointment down a rat-hole, and kept it. The Way of the Wild The stump was an ideal nursery; as such the stoat had employed it. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character There were rabbits and birds, badgers, stoats, and such-like wild things in it still, but the deer which the abbots had hunted were conspicuous by their absence. Red Money The blood-drinking stoat was of no greater length than one of Desdemona's low-hanging ears, yet without the smallest flicker of hesitation the terrible little beast wheeled about to attack the bereaved mother of his quarry. Jan A Dog and a Romance "Camerad!" they cry; Then squeal like stoats when bombs begin to fly. The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon One was that the stoats had stopped—a little bunch of peering heads on a group of craning necks on the edge of the ditch behind him. The Way of the Wild Would you pit yourself against me, hedgehog?” next spoke the stoat, the swash-buckler. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character So silent did he stand, and so long, that a stoat hopped across the road within two yards of him. Children of the Mist With bared fangs—flecked now with blood—the stoat crouched, breathing quite fearless defiance. Jan A Dog and a Romance "I shot a kestrel an' a stoat wi' un this morning." The Mating of Lydia That was one stoat; but it was not alone. The Way of the Wild A treed stoat against a human is doomed. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character Vermin, however, do not quite agree among themselves: weasels and stoats are deadly enemies of mice and rats. The Amateur Poacher For the moment Desdemona gave no thought to the stoat, but lowered her massive head to the inspection of the dead puppy which lay nearest. Jan A Dog and a Romance Does the stoat, does the wild cat, make such a mistake as that? The Waters of Edera Being a stoat, he hung on with V.C. doggedness and courage; but it was the worst thing he could have done. The Way of the Wild Yet, if the fancy takes me, I can cover land or water faster than any stoat. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character Along the back there were three rows of weasels and stoats nailed through the head or neck to the planks. The Amateur Poacher In that moment the fearless stoat saw his chance. Jan A Dog and a Romance He was as furious and as helpless as the stoat had been. The Waters of Edera And the stoat found this out, too, and he would have shifted his hold to the bird's body like a flash, if he had been given a chance, but he never was. The Way of the Wild Sleep and being very small indeed, and never coming out except after sundown, and having great big eyes, so that you can see things like stoats long before they see you. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character By day all through the summer months there was always something to be seen in the lane—a squirrel, a stoat; always a song-bird to listen to, a flower or fern to gather. The Amateur Poacher Brave though he was—and no creature is more brave—the stoat did not court death; and so, like a yellow snake, he slid out of the cave and down the steep slope beyond. Jan A Dog and a Romance Sniffing at my footprints where they had just crossed those of the hare was a stoat, long and lithe and cruel. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex It was an ermine, a stoat in winter dress, white as driven snow. The Way of the Wild Make it among branching roots, with half a dozen entrances and exits, and I defy the weasel, let alone the stoat. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character Weasels, stoats, and rats spare neither egg, parents, nor offspring. The Amateur Poacher In three bounds she reached the stoat, who was perfectly prepared now to fight an elephant for possession of the half-rabbit he had found. Jan A Dog and a Romance No," I said stoutly; "maybe it is the blood of the stoat I slew, or else it has come off the shepherd's sleeves. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex I was shooting in Surrey when I once had an excellent view of an ermine—the stoat in its winter dress. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor Think of the bramble-thickets, think of the furze, the last resort of valiant stoat and viper, think of the holly, where the sparrows roost. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character A stoat peeped out, but went back directly when a rabbit whose retreat had been cut off bolted over his most insidious enemy. The Amateur Poacher You are no superman: you are Anti-Man: you are to other men what the stoat is to the rabbit; and she is to you what the leech is to the stoat. Back to Methuselah "It was a stoat that harried an ouzel's nest and slew the birds," replied Kenric. The Thirsty Sword And Lady Highford, as she read the news, clenched her pointed teeth, and gave a little squeal like a stoat. The Reason Why The fear of the stoat was on him too. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character Kapiti, Rauparaha's stronghold, is just being reserved by the Government as an asylum for certain native birds, which stoats and weasels threaten to extirpate in the North Island. The Long White Cloud He fingered, he implored, he fawned with an unsteady eye, and while I wondered I saw behind him the puffy pink face of a fezzed Jew, watching him as a stoat watches a rabbit. Letters of Travel (1892-1913) The stoat must live by the food that the great God gives it, and the birds must die when their time comes. The Thirsty Sword A rat in the water-rushes, or a stoat pushing through the undergrowth, would have announced itself in a different fashion. Bred in the Bone For a moment he coiled himself up with a snap, but the stoat made no remark, so he slowly uncoiled himself, and resumed. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character In various places along its course the river has long poles set across it; on these poles Tom Peregrine has placed traps for stoats, weasels, and other vermin. A Cotswold Village So one could imagine an elderly hare thumping wildly on a tambourine with the stoat behind him. Letters of Travel (1892-1913) But the stoat also slew the fledgling as well as the parent bird. The Thirsty Sword The hen will do battle with the fox, the rabbit with the stoat, to save her young. Bred in the Bone The stoat approached gingerly, and turned the hedgehog over, seeking for a place to jump at. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character The stoat, in chasing the rat along the pole, must have seized his prey at the very instant that the jaws of the trap snapped upon them both. A Cotswold Village Then, though they give you to be burned, And slay you like a stoat, You have found the world's heart in the turn of a cheek, Heaven in the lift of a throat. Young Adventure, a Book of Poems Would you have him a common laughing-stock, mocked and jeered at by stoats and weasels?' The Wind in the Willows A lady wrote from the North of Scotland recounting a similar episode which she had witnessed as occurring between a stoat and a blind grouse. Beasts and Super-Beasts The water-rat slipped quietly down the stream,—she still feared the stoat. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character How tame all wild animals become in the summer!--all except the ones we want to circumvent--magpies, jays, stoats, and such small deer. A Cotswold Village "Hare, with a stoat's teeth in its neck," answered Spurge. Scarhaven Keep You scamper the stairs, Your body informed with the scent and the track and the mark Of stoats and weasels, moles and badgers and hares. Georgian Poetry 1918-19 She'ld have her hands on her hips and her tongue jumping As nimble as a stoat, delighting round The way the world's to be terrible and tormented. Georgian Poetry 1913-15 The houses still stood, but pigeons lived in them, and weasels, stoats and snakes had their uncertain homes in ancient bedrooms. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 "Simple Sussex—with the face of a cherub and the soul of a stoat." The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea Whatever kites may be in the sky, whatever stoats and weasels may be in the hedges, the brood are safe there. Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms He went after Learning with the cold and dispassionate relentlessness of a stoat pursuing a rabbit. The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories One keeper, off his guard, promptly answered, "I've no doubt of it; I can always bring a fox to me by imitating the cry of a rabbit hunted by a stoat." A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs We were like rabbits pursued by a stoat, we seemed to have lost all power in our legs. Jim Davis On mentioning casually that I had seen a stoat an hour before, he exhibited a sudden interest. Birds in Town and Village There is no larger beast of prey than a stoat, or a stray cat. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies All the common beasts, such as cats, dogs, rats, stoats, and so on, have five ordinary toes. Concerning Animals and Other Matters Such a man as Colonel Bracebridge now, with the tongue of the serpent, who can charm any living soul he likes to his will, as a stoat charms a rabbit. Yeast: a Problem The stoat and weasel are lost in bramble and fern, the squirrels in the branches; the fox is concealed, and the badger; the rabbit, too, is small. The Open Air Polecats and martens only exist in the old rating book, but weasels and stoats remain, as well as a profusion of their prey - hares and rabbits. John Keble's Parishes Besides the deer, which are not wild, there are hares, rabbits, squirrels, two kinds of rat,—the land and the water rat,—stoat, weasel, mole, and mouse. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies The young stoats in a day or two, not being fed, come out of the stones, and are shot, or knocked on the head. The Life of the Fields The rabbit's natural enemy in England is the poacher, in Bluff its natural enemy is the stoat, the weasel, the ferret, the cat, and the mongoose. Following the Equator, Part 4 Toward midnight a dog-otter, swimming leisurely by the Bridge of Isla, suddenly dived and sped away under water; and a stoat, prowling in the garden, also took fright and scurried through the wicket. In Secret One was a weasel, the other a stoat, running along at a hedge-side before me. Afoot in England Or a stronger stoat crept out and attacked anything that he fancied. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies The remaining eleven have survived—namely, stoat, weasel, rat, crow, kestrel, sparrowhawk, brown and barn owl, jay, magpie, and woodpecker. The Life of the Fields In England the poacher is watched, tracked, hunted—he dare not show his face; in Bluff the cat, the weasel, the stoat, and the mongoose go up and down, whither they will, unmolested. Following the Equator, Part 4 He was short, stoat, rather of a bilious temperament—clever in his profession, and much addicted to compounding whisky punch, which he not only brewed, but drank most satisfactorily. Hardscrabble; or, the fall of Chicago. a tale of Indian warfare I don't say as how he knew the difference between a stoat and a weasel—he didn't. The Fortunate Youth Even in summer the old squire generally had his double-barrel with him—perhaps he might come across a weasel, or a stoat, or a crow. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Three or four traps are set in a circle round the spot, baited with pieces of rabbit, in which the old stoats are soon caught. The Life of the Fields After a lifetime of stoats and foxes, this was indeed a noble quarry which was to fall before him. Sir Nigel Blaireau was trotting in front of him as calmly as in the old days when it was a question of hunting through bundles of hay in search of stoats and dormice. Mauprat This to a stoat which thrust its wicked head and red eyes between the bars of its cage. The Sign of the Four With the dogs and ponies, the pheasants and rabbits, the weasels and the stoats, and the ferrets in their hutches, the place seemed really to belong more to the animals than to the tenant. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies But in spite of the unceasing enmity directed against them, stoat and weasel remain common. The Life of the Fields Here toads and bats and owls and nightjars had come to drink, with rats and stoats who left their footprints in the mud. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard We performed Auld Lang Syne the whole day; seeing nothing, out of towns and villages, but the track of stoats, hares, and foxes, and sometimes of birds. The Holly-Tree As any one passes such a heap of stones the young stoats peep from the crevices and cry "yac, yac," like barking, and so betray their presence. The Life of the Fields |
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