3o6 THE CAT FAMILY 



recently, one of which I quote at some length. It de- 

 scribes the animal taking a colt, an animal which cou- 

 gars like especially, which was running in a road (in 

 Mason County, Washington) with its mother. 



" Two years ago," says the writer, " a lady was driv- 

 ing a mare that had a five months' old colt following 

 her. She was driving on what is known as the Olyni- 

 pia road, one mile east of Anderson's ranch. On both 

 sides of the road there is heavy timber and underbrush. 

 Going through this timber the mare became frightened 

 and almost got away from the lady, whose name is 

 Mrs. Andrus. When she got the mare quieted down 

 a little she missed the colt, and, getting out of the 

 buggy and tying the mare, she went back to see where 

 the colt had gone. As she turned a bend in the road 

 she saw a big lion trotting along a log, carrying the 

 colt as a cat would a rat. His tail was straight in the 

 air and swelled like that of an angry house cat. The 

 lady promptly fainted away. At midnight her hus- 

 band arrived at my home and excitedly told me of his 

 wife's adventure. It was just daybreak when we ar- 

 rived at the seat of war. I found where the struggle 

 had taken place in the road, and pushed my dogs, old 

 Don, Snowbird, and Bugle & Co., in on the colt-killer's 

 trail. Immediately there was music in the air. When 

 found the colt-lover did not run, but simply climbed a 

 tree and sat on a limb. His length was seven and one- 

 half feet, and he weighed 170 pounds." 



Mr. Mossman tells of a lion attacking children on 

 their way to school, but the beast was put to flight by 

 a brave boy with a club. He says on one occasion the 

 sheriff of Mason County and Colonel Richardson, an 



