Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1889-07-11
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Many years ago. dnring my boy.
hsod days. which wvru mostly st,ent In
hsppy old New England. did my
,hars ~ bath shooting and irappine
soadchuCks. and even helped cat q
roasted enc ou an ocgasi0u Hut al.
80 DID more thaa thls, for several tlinos
! bad them as pets, and closely studied
their habits in uaturu and in conana-
uleut
Through some parts - the state ~
Connecticut Il would b. hard 81 plrk
oui clover Geld ~ aay size that dld
uui have a unolchuck hurroa in soms
part 81 b. Sometimes they rhonso a
site aomea here under N. STONE sail
which surrounds the Geld or lf there
4 q large rock as IL ofiea the ea...
uuY y here aisout The mbdle 90 tbs
hsld lhe animal vil' barrow under
thls AZ q very choler location
Finally ihr roots ot a., uld apple of
other trees arp often ehoara fur us
stronghold. the hurfou belug dug duuu
among them, The ouusr seeming ta
po--ess a realizing agH.r lhat 40 ouy
would ever dream of attempting f1 dis
lHsige him fuam su,H quarters A. g,
ae ea-u uith the excavations mada
far thuir h4hiiaiiuUs bt ulp-t faasofI a
mammals. ihe burrsa - aoodehsck
ri lrst dcscsHds ohIiquels iuto ths
eafta theH passes nearly horizontally
FOR sstnra. fet Rises moderately for
tbe l5.t bail a. lts lsaEih ta terminate
lea quite a spacious aud round chamber
which constitute the -lyIHs room
u the entire family IA IL tha iema. :
hr.ng. forth ber Hue. sud tls Young
remain there until ih.g pail IN aul
dls their ova home. elsev bore
suca a blrr1v mBF lse az least thirty
feet n 'sagib 80 long thai onv never
thluks ~ digging 4 npodehlrk out
bet ! haze seen f4fmr~s bring up ts o
or three barrels 20 airr oa a cart and
drown the oseHI .nta of this subI.r-
ranran establishment at short notice.
and rrluIea us.st heartily 10 ihe pair.
and, psrbaps. ssveu 90 eight quarter.
grown young arr eauzht at The same
time Very often havs captured
them in -teei trap. .s' si th, mouth of
the burros. taking the prpcautiou to
sprinkle if carefully over with Gua
dirt Oua old auodrbuea. remember.
constructed hi- burrows sImost Ia tbs
center ~ e tHsalg -arre clover lot and
every atlewpt tu capture him .H hnl
Kind of trap utterly hlItal 81 wH.
she ar.t thing m the world to even
estch hm -laHding up at She ru
trance ~ h- hurroe during thr
dav buf irrqarnly ve would
seo BIN lu-t hgad aHI shout
Iers out of A n s-ems to me I
must hsye hred thirty or iorly times
a him uudsr Such circumstances from
The outer s.de uf tH, stone sail which
surrounded ths field and that tuo.
Nith a heavy uid Hshluasd muxal,.
lasting k.H #hHth nf - t8
loo yards wa- eu,sd usarly every time
Cor all small gaue llut here every
shoi falied a ,lpai 90 dust wouid pui
up az thc very ,4tfaH..t ~ the burrpw
each titae and { wouid confidently waIA
oKrr - pirs hiu uut bai au. nest day
al noal hu Was lhcfe asaiu. Iuuklnz
oat as smiling "a. ever o. Nas capt.
ur3 huaiF hs my iBiuR a tolts rr-
yu't,r tn sfout sgat# driven dos %
within fv feat ut JH. barrow and
training tbs aIm daaa ihe entrance.
snd theH tying inug string 10 The
trigger asitsl bsblud iha wall uu
hg again showed h.nsef ebru thr
sueeass 90 tbs ds1 ira ssa.rl hIa duUm
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