CURIOSITY OF BIRDS AND BEASTS 581 



they personally inspected my drawings. I really think 

 that the people on the street enjoyed the event more than 

 I did. 



Curiosity seems to be very much developed in many 

 wild creatures, and it is probably owing to the fact that 

 the panther possesses a large amount of it that causes 

 this animal to follow people for miles and miles with 

 no apparent reason, for I have no record of one mak- 

 ing an attack upon a traveler under these circumstances. 

 Where panthers abound, however, there is always an un- 

 comfortable feeling experienced by the artist while 

 sketching in the wilderness. 



A man sketching or painting seems to excite the great- 

 est curiosity and interest not only among his fellow-men, 

 but among his four- 

 footed brothers as * ^jp^JL 

 well. I was once mak- /|L lj$\ 

 ing a map of a town I l^^^ot?' 

 and, while stepping JLlJljjifasM^ 

 on a short distance, V ^\^^^^f^/^ 

 passed a horse hitched An Uncomfortable Feeling 



to a heavy cart. After 



making my measurements I was busy drawing in the 

 houses with a scale and ruler, when I was startled by a 

 large nose over my shoulder. Turning around I dis- 

 covered that the horse had drawn the cart for half a 

 block so that he might see what I was doing with the 

 paper and pencil. 



Once when I was sketching on the coast of Maine a 

 family of minks which inhabited the rocky shore began 

 to play " follow the leader " around my feet, over which 



