fids,
flat head into the mud, probably searching
depend more on her eyesight than on her ]
likes slugs, but not so much as s
She
eye, all black like a boot button, and shows a lot <
gives
cause
her a very wild and fierce look. Runnin
; her infinite delight as she rolls over and o v ,
cries are many and varied—a hiss when she plaj
scream when she is in a rage or if I show her a
bird-like whistle or call which she utters in ansv
my voice or footstep. She follows well, comes tc
of the stream at my call. She has no fear
mischievous and playful in the house, tearing and
delighting to get in behind the books in my bot
the floor. ' She follows
of strangers approachin
without attempting to b
her, and she is now doi
one of her hind pads in
Otters are s:
1 in the dark, is no
tame badgers are, a
She has only shed he
>, but slowly. She cui
mouth, and keeping it
said to hunt their prey by scent un
difficult to give an opinion. At any rate g
imewhat exaggerated. In the words he placi
‘ And I can tell you that t
fish in the water a hundred
we might add that Gesner
famous Baron Munchauser
At any rate the late (
to scent fish below the '
under water, I used to an
and after dragging it som
the Otter, which soon hit
brought up the fish. Th<
repeat the same thing in
mud at the bottom ; but
water), never failed to fine
sher—for
dog-
Js froi
ie even m
iself.
in Salvin
, for in ;
i I found
myself by
him, G
but under water she seems to
>f scenting anything. She also
, a wonderfully bright and full
,f the white in the corner, which
r water from tap or waterfall
■r on her back beneath it. Her
s or is frightened, a squeal or
bass broom, and a short, sharp,
r$r to mine, or when she hears
my whistle, and will come out
dogs or cats, and is most
shaking rugs and curtains, and
ikcase and turn them ail out on
ot nearly so shy and nervous
and can be handled suddenly
er coat once since I have had
iris herself up to sleep, holding
: with her two fore ones.’
-ater, but on this point it
Id Izaak Walton’s estimate was
his huntsman’s mouth he says,
e Latins call him—can smell a
says much further.’ To which
kable statements worthy of the
need that Otters had the power