on the occasion of the porcupine inci- 

 dent, it was open for the reception of 

 guests by permission. 



After breakfast, we found Dave's boat 

 hidden in the bushes in the specified 

 place. During the day we hunted and 

 got several partridges which we pro- 

 posed to roast later. That evening after 

 supper, while Bige was cutting some fire- 

 wood, I took the boat and my rod and 

 went out on the pond to get some trout 

 for breakfast. 



It was just as the sun was dropping 

 below the western hills, and there was 

 a gorgeous golden glow in the sky. The 

 breeze had dropped to a gentle zephyr 

 that hardly caused a ripple on the sur- 

 face of the water, so I allowed the boat 

 to slowly drift while I was casting. A 

 tree had fallen into the pond, and sitting 

 in its branches near the tree top, close 

 to the water and about fifty feet from 

 the shore, I discovered a coon. He, 



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