DAN BEARD'S ANIMAL BOOK 



This 



spine 



had 



had seated myself on a snake and had been struck 

 by its poisonous fangs; upon putting my hand to 

 the wound I found there a quill of the Sin-Yale-A- 

 Min porcupine! 



remained hidden in my 

 trousers during the 

 whole time I spent in 

 camp, only to reveal its 

 savage purpose a year 

 afterwards in a part of 

 Pennsylvania which is 

 free from porcupines 

 and two thousa-nd miles 

 away from Sin-Yale-A- 

 Min Lake. 



THE PORCUPINE MAY BE BOILED OR ROASTED. 



The latter is done by suspending the animal by its 

 forelegs and roasting it over a bed of hot coals. 

 When properly cooked its meat is said to be as de- 

 licious as any that can be found in the wilderness, 

 and 



THE TAIL, IN PARTICULAR, IS MOST SAVORY, 



is very meaty, and, like beef tongue, the meat is 

 full of fine bits of fat. Split the tail, take out the 

 bone, and roast the meat over the hot embers. 

 Cooked in this manner it is known by the suggestive 

 name of Yum-Yum. 



But enough of this, it is not my intention to fill 

 a book with accounts of dead animals or of cook- 



