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TAMING WILD ANIMALS 



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my hand and, with a Uttle piece of meat as an attraction, carry 

 him out in the yard, as you can see in the picture. 



^ly present pet is a muskrat which one of my pupils brought 

 to me on December 20, 1911. On the morning after I had had 

 him three full days, I took him out of his box to get a picture. 

 Pictures Xo. 1 and No. 2 were the result though he bit me in 

 the process of getting them. I simply cleaned the cut with hydro- 

 gen peroxide and continued my picture getting. Picture No. 3 

 was made the morning after I had had him a full week. 



