…bites of turtle or venison
The Baron was hard to understand. What did he want from me? Occasionally I left him bites of turtle or venison, and although he smelled the offerings, he never ate them. The catbird would get them. Most animals stick around if you feed them. But The Baron did not eat anything. Yet he seemed to like me.
Jean Craighead George. My Side of the Mountain. New York: Scholastic Inc., 1959. p. 62.