WILD-CAT HUNTING. 
In the southern portions of the United States, but es- 
pecially in Louisiana, the wild-cat is found in abundance. 
The dense swamps that border on the Mississippi, pro- 
tect this vicious species of game from extermination, 
and foster their increase ; and, although every year vast 
numbers are killed, they remain seemingly as numerous 
as they ever were “ in the memory of the oldest inhabit- 
ant.” 
The wild-cat seeks the most solitary retreats in 
which to rear its young, where in some natural hole in 
the ground, or some hollow tree, it finds protection for 
stself and its kittens from the destructive hand of man. 
At night, or early morn, it comes abroad, stealing over 
the dried leaves, in search of prey, as “quietly as a 
zephyr, or ascending the forest tree with almost the 
ease of a bird. 
