In a lecture, many years ago, Dr. Samuel 

 Lockwood, a famous naturalist, first called 

 attention to this curious way of angling. 

 Since then I have many times seen Moo- 

 \veesuk at his fishing ; but I have never been 

 fortunate enough to see him catch anything, 

 though I have seen a wildcat do the trick 

 perfectly in the same cunning way. Remem- 

 bering his fondness for fish, and the many 

 places where I have seen that he has eaten 

 them and where the water was too deep to 

 flip them out in the ordinary bear way, I 

 have no doubt whatever that Dr. Lockwood 

 has discovered the true secret of his patient 

 waiting above the pools where the fish are 

 feeding. 



There is another curious habit of the coon 

 which distinguishes him from the bear and 

 from all other animals. That is, his habit of 

 washing, or rather of sousing, everything he 

 catches in water. No matter what he finds 

 to eat, mice, chickens, roots, grubs, fruit 

 everything, in fact, but fish, he w r ill take it 

 to water, if he be anywhere near a pond or 

 brook, and souse it thoroughly before eating. 





