fish them out. Early in the morning at the Crock of Dawn the Dassie comes out to feed on grass, leaves and succulent vegetation. If disturbed they may wander quite a distance from that home in the rocks. When alarmed they will dash madly to their rock retreat. In the last part of the day they take to cover for a siesta. Latter in the afternoon they come out again to feed or bask in the sun. They love to turn both and will change their position many times to keep in the rays of the sun. They urinate and defecate in definite places on their rock ledges. You can see their accumulations of many years in these Churn spots. The Dassie are infested with ticks and fleas. Mostly a few seconds pass without when sitting in the sun, the Dassie continues intermittently scratches at his tormenters with his hind legs. It is very amusing to watch this performance. The animal had a silly grin on his face, a perpetual smile. The young are born as above made many observations from a young Dassie which I had as a pet. They make extremely intelligent pets and most amusing. When young they will become tame in a few days. If any stranger appears they will hide immediately. They are very Tough and adaptable. The diet of my Dassie included, any vegetable and fruit, tobacco, tea, coffee, beer, milk, sugar, candy, grass, paper, flesh, cards of specimens and almost anything that I would eat and many things I would not eat or drink.