Catching Wild Animals 



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animals captured in the pitfall were wild pigs, and 

 pork was already plentiful. 



William then fixed up some rabbit traps out of 

 hollow logs and set them along little trails in the 

 woods. His first catch was a possum and the next 



Fig. 52. A mother possum and her affectionate family. 



a coon, which made him feel very much at home. 

 The coon became a pet and had the run of the house, 

 greatly to the disgust of the monkey. 



Big iguanas, several feet long, and numerous 

 smaller, brilliantly-colored lizards were easily caught 



