alas, no, dread Sir; what shou'd such a deform'd Polecat as I do with a handsom Wife? Car.

Yes, we were in proximity to a polecat, and without further parley we .

" "He is a polecat.

Shore it is, the polecat.

I suppose the English word is polecat, but it doesn't say as much.

Fetor N. fetor^; bad &c adj.. smell, bad odor; stench, stink; foul odor, malodor; empyreuma^; mustiness &c adj.; rancidity; foulness &c (uncleanness) 653. stoat, polecat, skunk; assafoetida^; fungus, garlic; stinkpot; fitchet^, fitchew^, fourmart^, peccary.

V. have a bad smell &c n.; smell; stink, stink in the nostrils, stink like a polecat; smell strong &c adj., smell offensively.

There was the envious Kenrick and the savage Wolcot, the asp George Steevens and the polecat John Williams.

At last, the bright idea struck meI will get in next time with my cigar; what if we are nine herrings in the barrel?everybody smokes in this countrythey won't objectand I think, by keeping the steam well up, I can neutralize a little of the polecat.

Gradually, passenger after passenger produced cigars; the aroma filled the coach, and the fragrance of the weed triumphed over the foetor of the polecat.

The Indians were invoiced as Sage Brush Jimmy, Boiling Hurricane, Mule-Who-Goes-Crooked, Joe, Hairy Grasshopper and Dead Polecat.

But Mike and me was as popular with them people as a couple of polecats at a picnic.

The otter, the marten, and the polecat, were also in sufficient numbers to be pursued for the sake of their fur; but they have now been reduced within very narrow bounds.

On the shelf of a cupboard a polecat lies Laughing between his paws, And there's more than a hint of amused surprise In the gape of the lynx, in the marten's eyes, In the poise of the grey wolf's claws.

The polecat's pal.

The polecat's pal.

The polecat and his friends, by William March, pseud.

The polecat and his friends, by William March, pseud.

The polecat's pal.

The polecat's pal.

The polecat and his friends, by William March, pseud.

The polecat and his friends, by William March, pseud.

Now Polecat, what young Rabets nest have you to draw? Mor.

The Menomonees, from the wild rice so abundant in their country, are called "Folles Avoines;"the Winnebagoes, from their custom of wearing the fur of a polecat on their legs when equipped for war, are termed "les Puans;"the Pottowattamies, from their uncleanly habits, "les Poux;"the Foxes are "les Renards," etc. etc.

The origin of the name Chicago is a subject of discussion, some of the Indians deriving it from the fitch or polecat, others from the wild onion with which the woods formerly abounded; but all agree that the place received its name from an old chief who was drowned in the stream in former times.