FLASHLIGHT STORY OF PORCUPINE AND COON 



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NORTHEAST SHORE OF WHlTEElSH EAKE, WHERE) AIX THE PICTURES IN THIS ARTICLE 



WERE SECURED BY THE AUTHOR 



The porcupine always came to the water at X and returned to its cave on a deer trail 

 back of X X. All the coon pictures were taken on the shore back of X X. Photo by George 

 Shiras, 3rd. 



may look in vain for it, just as the shores 

 of little lakes and ponds may fairly bris- 

 tle with these waddling creatures when- 

 ever the soft winds blow and the setting 

 sun leaves the darkening shores still 

 radiating in the afterglow of a summer 

 day. 



In the days of the rifle, long ago, and 



when the game season opened much ear- 

 lier than now, the appearance of porcu- 

 pines along the watercourses, as evening 

 approached, was the almost certain har- 

 binger of venison before the twilight 

 dimmed the sights, for deer move about 

 much more freely under the conditions 

 last described. 



