A Chapter of the Agassiz Association. (Incorporated 1S92 and 1910.) The Law of Love, Xot the Love of Law. 
A Pet Raccoon. 
Poughkeepsie, New York. 
To the Editor : 
Last summer while climbing a moun- 
tain, or rather a large hill, eight miles 
from Poughkeepsie, New York, I hap- 
pened by merest chance to find a rac- 
coon’s nest in a large balsam fir. The 
hollow in the tree was a little over two 
feet across and was entered by a small 
opening about a yard from the ground. 
There were three young in the nest, 
apparently less than a week old and 
scarcely larger than my hand. Fortu- 
nately for me the mother was not at 
home. I took one of the babies home 
with me that I might have a chance to 
observe its habits. This was about the 
tenth of July. The mother coon showed 
her wisdom by moving immediately. 
When I revisited the place the next 
day there was no sign that it had been 
inhabited. 
For three days my little raccoon re- 
fused to eat and I thought he was on a 
hunger strike. Later on he was per- 
suaded to take warm and sweetened 
milk from a small bottle and tiny nip- 
ple. When he was a month old he ate 
bread and milk. He loved sweet things 
and would lie on his back and suck a 
stick of candy in perfect contentment. 
A VARIETY OF ANTICS OF THE PET RACCOON. 
