CHAPTEK XV. 

 J^foKTH Carolina Turtles. 



I WAS down at Father Branch, fishing in the 

 chib pond, several days last week and caught 

 four turtles. Some of my friends down that 

 way asked me to write a turtle story; therefore 

 I will make that subject my cry this beautiful 

 Sunday morning. Turtle is as much fish as 

 flesh and fowl, anyhow. 



I caught three of these turtles, and a large 

 Avater moccasin on hooks set in the manner here- 

 inafter explained, and baited with cut fish. I 

 left the snake ou the hook. 



The biggest turtle I caught while fishing for 

 perch, near the bottom in 10 feet of water, with 

 a piece of worm on a small, long shank, roach 

 hook. Ii(> camp easily to the top and to the boat, 

 when I took him in by the tail. He then used 

 his forepaw and extracted the little hook. They 

 are very strong and difficult to control out of 

 the water, but a grain sack makes a satisfactory 

 prison for him. 



