FLASHLIGHT STORY OF PORCUPINE AND COON 



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Photo by George bhiras, 3rd 



a Front view of the coon, obtained by the same method as employed to 



secure the preceding picture 



came invincible when he pointed ont, in 

 the moist ground around the water- 

 trough, an imprint that in miniature re- 

 sembled the track of a bear or that of a 

 child ; so this plantigrade track must have 

 been made by a coon. This was a most 



interesting discovery, especially as we 

 knew the animal would return again that 

 night. 



"The damage having been done, I re- 

 quested Jim not to set the steel trap, but 

 to leave some of the dead chickens out- 



