DHE RACCOON 
WIETE raccoon, although 
not cunning like the 
fox, is clever, and in 
certain ways far superior to the 
notorious Reynard; but while 
it is almost impossible to snare 
a fox, conceal the trap as you 
may, it is an easy matter to 
tempt a raccoon into either a 
spring or a box trap, baited with 
any of his favorite foods. The raccoon has no idea 
of self-preservation; nothing appears dangerous to 
him, and he blunders recklessly on to his own self- 
destruction, in very much the same manner as does 
the opossum. Leave this self same blundering ani- 
mal alone in a room, however, for fifteen minutes, and 
he will discover more things than a fox would find if 
he were left there all day. 
In the use of the fore paws the raccoon resembles 
quite closely the monkey, but on the ground his move- 
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