Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-05-05

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slept until the light returned. Then he
got up and again began his observations,
which he continued until il was time TO
go to work. Sunday Was his Only day of
rest. BY twelve O'Clock Sunday night,
however, he was up and away. His
neighbors used to say of him, ats a
stormy night that keeps that man Edward
in the house." In fact, he never stayed
at home except Sundays. Weather never
him. When it rained he would
look out for hole in the bank and thrust
himself into it, feet foremost. He kept
his head and his gun out, watching and
waiting for any casualties that might
happen. He knew of two such holes,
both in sand banks and both in woods,
which he occasionally frequented. They
were foxes or badgers dens. If any Of
these gentry were inside when be took up
his position, they did not venture to dis
tur' him. II they were out, they did the
same, except on one occasion, when q
badger attempted to dislodge him, show
ing its teeth. He was obliged to shootit.
He could often have shot deer and hares,
whirh came up close to where he was
but they we're forbidden animals, and he
resisted the temptation. He shot owls
aud polecats from his ambuscades. Num-
bers Of moths came dancing about him,
aud many of these he secured and boxed,
sending them to their long sleep with a
little drop of chloroform.
Sometimes he would take up his quar-
tiers in barn, a ruined castle or church
yard. His objection to these places was
the greater number of unpleasant visitors
tina" elsewhere-polecats, weasels, bats,
rats and mice, not to speak of hosts of
night-wandering insects, mollusks, bee
ties, skaters, centipedes, and snails. |
Think of having q polecat or weasel |
sniff shifting at your face while asleep, or
two or three big rats tugging at your
buckets and attempting to steal away
your larder! Boyndie church. yard, =
most uncanny place after dark, was fire.
quently his lodging-place, greatly to the
of his superstitious neigh |
brrs. He sometimes had severe encoun-
tiers with nocturnal roamers. One night,
while sleeping in the ruined castle of the |
Boyne, about five miles west of Banff, he |
was attacked by large and ferocious
polecat. Edward could have shot the |
creature, but he never wasted powder and |
shot upon any thing he could take With his |
hands. The animal leaped upon him as
he lay on the floor, and was seized by the |
throat by the watchful naturalist. II
thought" said Edward, "that he would |
have torn my hands to pieces with his |
claws. l endeavored to get him turned |
round, so as to get my hand to the back |
IF his neck. How be screamed |
and yelled! And then what an |
awful stencil he emitted during his strug
gles.' After struggling with the brute
neatly two hours, Edward bethought him
If his ohlOroform bottle. and, with d"se
from that, ended the fight. He was quite
exhausted from the long contest, but as
he had secured large aud valuable spec |
linen for his collection. he felt repaid for |
all il had cost him.
In this manner Edxxri passed several |
YEAR. working At his trade by day ssd
his rospds n. = naturalist by |
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