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THE OTTER IN HIS HAUNTS 



CHAPTER XII 



The Otter : Habits — Catching of— Shooting— Attachment to each other — Anecdotes 



—Fish killed by 



Having lately seen the tracks of three or four otters ^ about 

 the edge of the burn, I had some strong traps placed on a sand- 

 bank where they were in the nightly habit of landing. For 



' In severe frosts, etc. , the otter (Lutra vulgaris) catches and eats rabbits, hares, 

 and any animal which it can surprise, or in some situations takes to the sea-shore, 

 living on flounders, crabs, etc. ; produces its young at different seasons of the year. 

 — C. St. J. 



