then I heard it make a queer noise behind me upon looking here it was back of me in tree then I shot it again with 12 gu. this time it fell to ground when I was going to pick it up another one jumped down out of same tree and went off through brush upon investigating my hill which I thought to be an opossum I found no 12298 lying dead after talking to R.A. found that this mammal is very hard to kill and when I was skinning it found a 22 rifle bullet in hind leg which evidently had been there for years cause wound had all healed up and formed a pocket around it no 12299 & 12300 was shot same night by Jose Morales and guide which went in different direction than I did on Valcano altho we were miles apart I could hear him shoot I was down near bottom of Valcano he being higher up in rocks look for cats but never seen any no 12300 had had its tail broken in several places but was healed up when killed but was crooked and end gone