go HUNTING AND FISHING IN FLORIDA. 
AFTER A WILD CAT. 
not quick enough. I 
have seen good-sized 
coons run up a small 
bush when closely 
pressed and no large 
trees were handy. On 
one occasion the bush 
was not high enough 
to be out of reach of 
the dogs, and they soon 
had him down. An- 
other time the dogs 
discovered two coons 
in a small open prairie, 
and for a few moments 
they had a lively time, 
as a full-grown coon 
knows how to bite and 
is a good fighter. 
the dogs in full chase as 
she passed me in the open. 
Coons are very num- 
erous, but usually only 
wander about at night, al- 
though I have occasionally 
seen them on the edge of 
the mangrove swamps in 
the daytime. Young dogs 
often find them while hunt- 
ing for other game. A 
coon will climb a tree 
when he has a chance, if 
he hears the dogs near 
him; but sometimes he is 
LARGE WILD CAT. 
