FBAHTS ON CORN. 



Audubon says: 



"No negro on a plantation knows with more accuracy when 

 the corn (maize) Is juicy and ready for the connoisseur In 

 roasting ears; and he docs not need the aid of a Are to Im- 

 prove, but attacks It more voraciously than the Squirrel or 

 Blackbird and Is the last to quit the cornifleld." 



Further on this same writer says: 



"When the Indian corn Is ripening the Raccoon Invades the 

 fleUls to feast on the rich milky grain, as we have just stated, 

 and as the stalks are too weak to bear the weight of these 

 marauders they generally break them down with the fore- 

 paws, tear off the husks from the ears, and th<»n munch them 

 at their leisure." 



On this line advices reach us from uuiuerous corre- 

 spondents thi-oughout the State, showing the love these 

 animals have acquired for green corn, and the damage 

 done. 



AS A FISHERMAN. 



Its long hooked claws serve it in fishing, and frogs, 

 shell fish and soft-shelled turtle eggs are dainty bits 

 for him. A number of complaints have reached this 

 ofTice fi-om fishermen in dilTereut -sections of our moun- 

 tainous regions, where Bi'ook Trout and Raccoons both 

 are plentiful, Ihat these latter animals destroy many 

 of the speckled beauties. Our informants claim thai 

 the greatest amoiinl of damage is done lo Krook Trout 

 when the wateis of the streams are low. The Raccoon 

 also destroys other s))ecies of fi.sh whicli he is able to 

 catch in streams and along the margins of ponds and 

 pools. 



FKICDS ON BIRDS' EGGS. 



According to different writers and observers the Ra(v 



