_:b6561428 "1881 November, Mrs. M. E. Blake, \u201CThe Carnivoristicous Ounce\u201D, in Mary Mapes Dodge, editor, St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks, volume IX, part I, number 1, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., \u2192OCLC, stanza 3, page 43, column 1:"@en . _:b6561428 "He sprang on his prey with a pounce, / And he gave it a jerk and a trounce; / Then crunched up its bones / On the grass or the stones, / This carnivoristicous Ounce, / 'Ticous Ounce! / This carnivoristicous Ounce!"@en .