Excerpt from Muskrat Investigations in Dorchester County, MD., 1930-34 The muskrat ranks first among the fur animals of North America in the number and total value of pelts marketed. It has been estimated that in Maryland alone it produces an annual revenue of Although for many years the animal has been trapped for both meat and fur, its life history and habits are still little known. Almost any trapper or fur dealer can tell something of its habits, but when their stories are compared they are found to have little in common. Information thus gained lacks scientific value, as it is based largely on beliefs and legends and on meager, unsystematized observations made while running trap lines in winter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.