JIM THE TRAPPER OF LAKE CHELAN 63 



JUMPING MOUSE (LIFE SIZE) TAKEN FROM INSIDE OF A 

 RATTLE SNAKE 



that I did not know how to let go of it. Not only 

 did I have to hold the animal away from my legs 

 to prevent it biting me, but also had to be con- 

 stantly on the alert to frustrate its efforts to double 

 up and catch me by the wrist with its long yellow 

 teeth. The rat would attempt to do this by swing- 

 ing its body in such a way as to gather momentum 

 and at the same time imparting to it a twisting 

 motion that would most certainly have enabled it 

 to swing up and reach my hand if I had not per- 

 sistently twisted it in the opposite direction, thus 

 unwinding the animal, so to speak. 



