. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . AFTER A WILD CAT. not quick enough. Ihave seen good-sizedcoons run up a smallbush when closelypressed and no largetrees were handy. Onone occasion the bushwas not high enoughto be out of reach ofthe dogs, and they soonhad him down. An-other time the dogsdiscovered two coonsin a small open prairie,and for a few momentsthey had a lively time,as a full-grown coonknows how to bite andis a good fighter. the dogs in full chase asshe passed me in the are very num-erous, but usually onlywander
. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . AFTER A WILD CAT. not quick enough. Ihave seen good-sizedcoons run up a smallbush when closelypressed and no largetrees were handy. Onone occasion the bushwas not high enoughto be out of reach ofthe dogs, and they soonhad him down. An-other time the dogsdiscovered two coonsin a small open prairie,and for a few momentsthey had a lively time,as a full-grown coonknows how to bite andis a good fighter. the dogs in full chase asshe passed me in the are very num-erous, but usually onlywander about at night, al-though I have occasionallyseen them on the edge ofthe mangrove swamps inthe daytime. Young dogsoften find them while hunt-ing for other game. Acoon will climb a treewhen he has a chance, ifhe hears the dogs nearhim ; but sometimes he is. LARGE WILD CAT. HUNTING GROUNDS OF FLORIDA. 91 Opossums are commonalmost everywhere, butthey are rarely seen, beingnocturnal in their habits,although I have occasion-allv found one in thewoods in the } move a w a y v e r yslowly, and if touchedwill curl themselves intoa ball and play d e a d .They are rather ugly littlebeasts, however, and canbite viciously if one is care-less enough to give thema chance, although the} may beperfectly still, playing possum,
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