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.

A deer sprang out of the thicket and a badger crawled out of its hole, a stag appeared in the road, and a peacock spread its fan-shaped tail on the grassand after he had slain them all, other deer, other stags, other badgers, other peacocks, and jays, blackbirds, foxes, porcupines, polecats, and lynxes, appeared; in fact, a host of beasts that grew more and more numerous with every step he took.

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.

"I'll tell you all about that another time," I said, "and you had better go upstairs as soon as you two have seen what sort of people are these cowardly burglars who sneak or break into the houses of respectable people at night, and rob and steal and ruin other people's property with no more conscience or human feeling than is possessed by the rats which steal your corn, or the polecats which kill your chickens.

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.

Conversation they had none, but by way of appearing witty, they kept repeating over and over again some four or five stories, laughing at one another's tales, which were either blasphemous or beastlyso much so, that I would most willingly have compounded for two more human polecats in lieu of them.

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'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 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.