HUNTING GROUNDS OF FLORIDA. 89 
times they run 
straight for a long 
distance and then 
take to a tree. At 
other times, espe- 
cially in South Flor- 
ida, they often do not 
attempt to climba 
tree at all, and I have 
killed a number of 
cats on the ground 
where the dogs had 
run them into a thick 
place, sometimes di- 
rectly at the foot of a 
large tree, when they 
have made no attempt 
to climb it. On one or 
two occasions my large 
bear dog, Tiger, has 
caught a cat on the 
ground and killed it 
alone, usually getting 
somewhat scratched in 
the encounter, but none 
of the other dogs have 
cared to attempt this 
feat. On one occasion 
I heard the dogs com- 
ing towards me, as I 
stood in a small, sandy 
opening, and obtained 
a rather crude photo- 
graph of a wildcat with 
WILD CAT. 
