I took him up and threw him down at some distance, and he jumped up and ran into the woods." "What other animals did you catch when you were a boy ?" asked Mr.
Maxwell.
"Oh, a number.

Otters and beavers we caught them in deadfalls and in steel traps.

The mink we usually took in deadfalls, smaller, of course, than the ones we used for the bears.

The musk-rat we caught in box traps like a mouse trap.

The wild-cat we ran down like the loup cervier." "What kind of an animal is that ?" asked Mr.Maxwell.
"It is a lynx, belonging to the cat species.