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  The 
  destruction 
  which 
  would 
  be 
  occasioned 
  to 
  the 
  cotton 
  

   crop, 
  forbids 
  a 
  too 
  free 
  indulgence 
  in 
  the 
  exciting 
  chase. 
  

  

  Occasionally, 
  the 
  tribute 
  of 
  a 
  bale 
  of 
  cotton 
  may 
  be 
  

   paid 
  for 
  a 
  brush; 
  less 
  could 
  not 
  well 
  be 
  destroyed 
  in 
  an 
  

   ordinary 
  run 
  of 
  a 
  full 
  pack. 
  This 
  is, 
  therefore, 
  too 
  ex- 
  

   pensive 
  an 
  amusement 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  a 
  practice 
  of. 
  

  

  The 
  Panther 
  is 
  now 
  rarely 
  met 
  with, 
  except 
  in 
  dense 
  

   and 
  extensive 
  swamps 
  and 
  canebrakes. 
  

  

  Our 
  Wild-cat, 
  however, 
  is 
  rather 
  inconveniently 
  nu- 
  

   merous, 
  even 
  in 
  the 
  settled 
  and 
  cultivated 
  districts. 
  He 
  

   is 
  not 
  the 
  cowardly 
  and 
  timid 
  animal 
  that 
  our 
  natural- 
  

   ists 
  describe, 
  but 
  has 
  often 
  been 
  known 
  to 
  attack 
  man. 
  

  

  Several 
  instances 
  of 
  this 
  have 
  occurred 
  in 
  Adams 
  

   County, 
  the 
  oldest 
  settled 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  They 
  have 
  

   entered 
  negro 
  cabins, 
  and 
  seized 
  the 
  children, 
  and 
  one 
  

   was 
  known 
  to 
  attack 
  a 
  gang 
  of 
  field-hands 
  in 
  open 
  day, 
  

   when 
  hoeing 
  cotton, 
  severely 
  lacerating 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  

   and 
  the 
  overseer, 
  before 
  he 
  was 
  overcome. 
  

  

  Of 
  Squirrels, 
  the 
  most 
  numerous 
  are 
  the 
  Gray 
  and 
  

   Red 
  Fox 
  Squirrel. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  thickly 
  settled 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  where 
  the 
  

   timber 
  has 
  become 
  scarce, 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  much 
  dimi- 
  

   nished. 
  The 
  Gray 
  Squirrel, 
  especially, 
  is 
  greatly 
  exposed 
  

   from 
  a 
  habit 
  which 
  it 
  seems 
  difficult 
  for 
  him 
  to 
  over- 
  

   come. 
  His 
  inclination, 
  when 
  running 
  up 
  a 
  tree, 
  to 
  

   pause 
  and 
  take 
  a 
  peep 
  at 
  his 
  enemy, 
  seems 
  irresistible, 
  

   and 
  is 
  generally 
  fatal. 
  

  

  The 
  Fox 
  Squirrel 
  is 
  more 
  artful, 
  concealing 
  himself 
  

   very 
  adroitly 
  by 
  stretching 
  himself 
  out, 
  and 
  lying 
  flat 
  

   upon 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  a 
  projecting 
  limb, 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  

   manner 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  protected 
  from 
  the 
  shot. 
  

  

  The 
  little 
  striped 
  Ground 
  Squirrel, 
  and 
  the 
  Flying 
  

   Squirrel, 
  are 
  now 
  not 
  often 
  met 
  with. 
  The 
  distance 
  

   which 
  the 
  latter 
  will 
  sail 
  (rather 
  than 
  fly), 
  from 
  tree 
  to 
  

  

  