A PLEA FOR THE SKUNK 277 



tunity present itself, bits of meat in its way eve- 

 ning after evening, and you will soon learn that 

 there is nothing vicious in the heart of the skunk. 

 The evening that the gentle animal appears lead- 

 ing in her train a file of tiny infant skunks, you 

 will feel well repaid for the trouble you have 

 taken. Baby skunks, like their elders, soon learn 

 to know their friends, and are far from being at 

 hair-trigger poise, as is generally supposed. 



