This iz vulgarily called "surking eggs."

This iz an accomplishment known amung humans, which it iz sed, they hav

learnt from the pole kats.

Pole kats also deal in chickens, yung turkeys, and yung goslins.

They won't tutch an old goose, they are sound on that question.

Man iz the only phellow who will attempt tew bight into an old goose,

and his teeth fly oph a grate menny times before he loosens enny ov the

meat.

A pole kat travels under an alias, which is called _skunk_. Thare iz a

grate menny _aliases_ that thare iz no accounting for, and this iz one

ov them.

I hav kaught skunks in a trap. They are eazier tew git into a trap than

tew git out ov it.

In taking them out ov a trap grate judgment must be had not tew shake

them up; the more yu shake them up the more ambrosial they am.

One pole kat in a township is enuff, espeshily if the wind changes once

in a while.

A pole kat skin iz wuth 2 dollars, in market, after it iz skinned, but

it iz wuth 3 dollars and fifty cents tew skin him.

This iz one way tew make 12 shillings in a wet day.

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