CHAPTER VI.

The farmer's sports and pastimes--Deer-hunting tales--A roadside yarn--Still-hunting--Hunting with hounds--An early morning's sport--Elk--The pursuit--The kill--Camp on Beaver Creek-- Flounder-spearing by torchlight--Flounder-fishing by day--In the bay--Rock oysters--The evening view--The general store--Skins-- Sea-otters--Their habits--The sea-otter hunters--Common otter--The mink and his prey. 72