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ceedingly quiet and uncomfortable for an 

 animal of its species. A close investiga- 

 tion revealed a number of porcupine quills 

 fastened in its neck and shoulders. Several 

 times I nearly captured it, but when almost 

 within my grasp, a companion squirrel 

 sounded a note of alarm, and it awoke from 

 its stupor. It would be interesting to know 

 the circumstances of the accident, for ac- 

 cident it surely must have been, as a pine 

 squirrel has no business meddling with a 

 porcupine. We can only conclude, there- 

 fore, that it ran against or jumped on the 

 sleeping "quill pig" by mistake. 

 While once following the fresh track of 



a common cottontail rabbit, I found where 

 the little animal had run against a sharp 

 stick while going _at full speed. Marks in 

 the snow showed that the concussion had 

 bowled it over.. A few steps farther, blood 

 stained the snow and I soon came upon its 

 body, frozen stiff under a bush. The 

 branch had penetrated its vitals between 

 its chest and right shoulder. 



Mr. William T. Hornaday, director of 

 the New York Zoological park, killed a 

 crocodile that had lost a portion of its 

 snout and upper jaw in a conflict. The 

 reptile was starving, although it had lived 

 long enough for the wound to heal perfectly. 



Ai/AIEUR PHOTO BY R. 



ALMOST IN REACH. 



One of the 18th Prize Winners in Recreation's 7th Annual 

 Photo Competition. 



