Fisliing ill North Carolina. 



the terrapin, •which falls off a log through aver- 

 sion to rain, and also to amuse man. ]^or does 

 a turtle make a mark of himself on logs, and if 

 he is seen, it is not his fault. He may take a 

 nap or may go wrong and astray, but he retains 

 his commonsense, except in the breeding season 

 or unforeseen adversity. Cunning and tempta- 

 tion may overcome him, but he cannot be bull- 

 dozed. 



Turtles are too plentiful in our waters and 

 they ought to be got rid of, because so destriic- 

 tive to big fish. 



In 1892, while seining N"euse Eiver, near 

 Raleigh, I caught a curiosity in the guise of a 

 soft-shell turtle about five inches across, and 

 brought it home. Speaking to my friend Col. 

 Fountleroy Taylor, a great relator, about the 

 find, he claimed to have discovered this kind of 

 turtle soon after the Civil War, near Savannah, 

 Ga., where it was kno"WTi afterwards as the 

 leather-back turtle, and became highly esteemed 

 as a table delicacy. He further said that he 

 brought three or four of these turtles home, 

 turned them into Moore's pond, which broke 



