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They are nearly as bitter against animals, the poor water-vole (or water-rat) even is denounced and shot.— The Open Air
The water-vole is really a relative of that interesting creature you have often read of -- I mean the beaver.— Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children
'That little brown cousin of yours' he said, 'makes me think of a water-vole, there one minute and gone the next.'— Greatheart
I do not mean to assert that the water-vole is never injurious to man.— The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 355, October 16, 1886
The water-vole, however, is doubly injurious when the field or garden happens to be near the water-side.— The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 355, October 16, 1886

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