ew traps, while I stayed in camp and fixed up things.

The next morning we went out to look over the ground a little while.
Mr. Ford went to the opposite side of the pond to set a few more
traps, and see parties who owned land along the pond, for we found
that the land had been posted "No Trespassing." When Mr. Ford came in
that evening I think he brought in five rats. We set nine traps that
day and went south along the pond to look over the grounds.

The next morning we had one mink and one coon in the nine traps. I
think Mr. Ford brought in four rats and had one coon foot. That
evening Mr. Ford went home to raise his nets, and when he came back
he brought in two mink; I got two coon. Mr. Ford went home again and
made arrangements for a team to come in and move us out to "pastures
new." He also brought another mink, and I believe that we got two or
three coons that night. I think we got nine rats, four mink and eight
coons in the three nights with about twenty traps.

The land about this pond had been leased by Mr. Edmon Toney, a
wealthy young man living near the place. While Mr. Toney is wealthy,
he insists in indulging in the meek and lowly occupation of the
trapper. We know Mr. Toney to be a successful trapper, for he caught,
while we were in camp at that place, one of the wealthiest and most
beautiful young ladies in that section. Mr. Toney is a reader of the
H-T-T.

Our next camp was on Little Indian creek, at the edge of a large
cugalo swamp not the pleasantest place that one could wish for a
camp.

[Illustration: E. N. WOODCOCK AND SOME OF HIS ALABAMA FURS.]

The next day after we went into Camp No. 2. I set a few traps near
camp. Mr. Ford went down the creek toward his place and set a few
traps, and went home to look after his fish nets, returning to camp
that evening. Mr. Ford had warned me that the mink in that section
would foot themselves equally as bad as muskrats, but as I had never
been bothered with mink footing themselves, I paid no attention to
his warning.

The next morning Mr. Ford stepped outside of the tent--it was about
five o'clock and called to me, asking where I had set my first trap
on the creek, and being told, he replied, "Well, you have caught a
mink." When asked how he knew, he said, "Come out and hear him
squall." I ate breakfast and hastened down to release the mink, but
my haste was unnecessary for the mink did not propose to wait for me,
I found only the mink's foot--the mi