66 HUNTER'S AND TRAPPER'S GUIDE. 



ally having from two to six young yearly, 

 generally in the month of May. The coon 

 can be trapped on land or in the water. It 

 is a great craw-fish and frog hunter, and very 

 often hunts the chicken-roost 



The flesh of fish, birds, or fowls of any 

 kind may be used for bait alone, or, still bet- 

 ter, together with two drops of the oil of cin- 

 namon let fall near the trap. This will draw 

 the coon a long way. 



But the best bait is made by adding to two 

 ounces of honey thirty drops of the oil of 

 cinnamon ; use five or six drops of this for a 

 bait. 



In hunting the coon go to the banks of 

 streams, lakes, or ponds, and look for its 

 tracks and trails in the edge of the water. 

 From these, by observing carefully, you will 

 find trails leading to the den. Set your 

 traps across these trails, letting them down 

 on a level with the ground by digging a hole 

 the size of your trap, which, when set, you 



