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FOREST AND STREAM 
October, 1920 
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nary was transpiring somewhere near. 
“What’s up?” he whispered when near 
enough to be heard. “I do’know what 
it is,” whispered back the boy, “somethin’ 
bout as big as a small dog an’ grey an’ 
black an’ a big bushy tail. It’s workin’ 
over along the other bank as if lookin’ 
for something.” The lad was highly ex- 
cited and he crept forward with great 
caution toward the bank of the stream, 
but in a direction toward where he had 
seen the animal, the man following close- 
ly and both screened by the bushes. As 
they reached the bank Matt peered cau- 
tiously out and for several minutes looked 
anxiously around, when he suddenly 
ducked his head and pointed across the 
stream without a word. Mr. Adams 
crawled to his side and saw the object of 
the boy’s interest. “That’s a coon,” he 
whispered, “I never before saw one 
prowling around at this time of the day; 
he’s hungry and looking for frogs or 
something.” The boy looked the ques- 
tions he would like to ask, but remained 
silent. They were not more than twenty 
yards from the raccoon, which, entirely 
unaware that its most deadly and dread- 
ed enemy was near, was peering keenly 
under the bank and along the water. 
Then it braced itself quickly and plunged 
into the water and simultaneously with 
the splash a large crab went into the air 
and well out on the bank. The coon 
turned and swam to the bank, and after 
shaking the water from its fur it walked, 
oi* rather ambled to where the crab lay. 
The lad noticed the peculiar gait of the 
little animal, whispering: “He walks 
jest like a pacin’ hoss trots.” 
(to be continued) 
MAKING 
FIRES 
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 551) 
in your ditty bag. Get some dry birch 
or cedar bark and shred it up between 
two stones. Mix this up with some 
scorched rags and dry powdered wood or 
punk. Strike a spark into a little pile 
of this and breathe upon it very gently 
so as not to blow it away — a live coal 
will form in the tinder which you then 
place into a wad of dry shredded bark. 
Add some slivers of wood and other in- 
flammable material and blow into flame. 
Your watch crystal, provided there is 
sunlight, may be used as a burning glass 
to start the tinder into flame. 
The bow and drill method may be used 
also, if no other way seems practical. Cut 
a hickory bow about two feet long and 
fit it loosely with a thong — use a shoe 
string or leather .strip. The drill may be 
cedar and the fire block too — the wood 
needs te be dry of course. For a palm 
piece or pressure block for the upper 
end of the drill to revolve in, cut a piece 
of any hard wood. 
Pass the thong once around the drill 
stick; make a notch in the fire block for 
the drill to operate in, fit the pressure 
block on the top of the drill stick and 
you are ready to drill. Draw the bo\V 
back and forth and press down, not too 
hard, on the pressure block. Continuing 
•this drawing back and forth, a fine paw* 
der will be ground out by the revolving 
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