50 RAMBLES ABOUT HOME. 



rip with a fish." This, alas! is something of the past, 

 and no recent attempts to train otters have been made in 

 my neighborhood. The nearest approach to it was an 

 effort simply to tame a half -grown specimen, and this 

 could scarcely be called a success, as the animal never 

 would allow itself to be handled, but fought the dog and 

 bit the tamer's wife refused food, and died in less than 

 a week. 



