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having to stay all night. But to the man with 

 nerve and backbone this is one of the enjoyable 

 features. It affords great fun to get a tender- 

 foot to go out for the first time and initiate him 

 into the ^''eoon hunters' club." The tender- 

 foot will use every cuss word ever invented and 

 will coin new ones when the supply of old ones 

 becomes worn out and ineffective. He will cuss 

 the briars, cuss the ditches, cuss the creek, cuss 

 the fences, cuss the swamj^s, cuss the slashes, 

 cuss the man who persuaded him to go, and 

 finally cuss himself for going. But when the 

 excitement of the chase is on and when the fight 

 commences he becomes reconciled; and if good 

 luck is had he is very likel}^ to be the next man 

 to propose another '''coon hunt." 



A half dozen hunts will make an enthusias- 

 tic 'coon hunter of any able bodied man — and I 

 might suggest that a half a thousand 'coon hunts 

 will make an able bodied man out of any man 

 It Avill throw off the waste matter and dead 

 tissues of the body, cause deep breathing, arouse 

 torpid and sluggish livers, promote digestion, 

 and is a general panacea for all human ailments 

 of both mind and body." 



(The foregoing contains much of value but 

 is overdrawn even tho from the pen of a 

 "Southern Gentleman" who should be well 

 yersed in 'coon hunting. Now and then a 'coon 



