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cat, and even freaks like the six-toed cat and lynx cats 

 always find a ready market. 



Of course, these can be raised in the city, but if it is done 

 in a large enough way to make a living out of it, the Board 

 of Health and the neighbors will raise something else. 



Fishing and hunting are primitive industries of which we 

 think only in connection with wild land. But every bay 

 and pond and wood will supply at least some subsistence or 

 profit to the intelligent seeker. 



Oysters, clams, crabs, mussels, frogs, and common fish 

 are found in abundance in many places, and help out with 

 table expenses. Even English sparrows are delicious. 



Almost any wild animal is much more wholesome to eat 

 than pork. Squirrels and even weasels are cleaner feeders 

 than pigs, and the Indians eat them with great relish, while 

 everybody knows the keenness of the darkies for "coon." 

 Most snakes are better eating than eels and not near so re- 

 pulsive when you get used to them. 



The woodchuck is a nuisance to the farmer, covering his 

 field with loads of subsoil from the burrow and then eating 

 the tender sprouts; and the farmer does not know enough 

 to eat his tender corpse, but he is good to eat. If a rabbit 

 and a chicken could have young, it would taste like a wood- 

 chuck. 



Muskrats, mink, raccoons, and gray and fox squirrels are 

 easily trapped ; and the skins of those killed in that way find 

 a steady market. Skins of poisoned animals do not sell so 

 well, as they are rough and dry. 



In order to be profitable, these do not need to pay very 

 well in proportion to the time they take, since they are 

 hunted as recreation and at odd times. 



But there is a larger field in raising wild animals, which 



