THE RACCOON. 



THE raccoon exists to some extent in 

 nearly all parts of the United States, but is 

 most numerous in the South and West. It 

 lives in hollow trees and its own burrows, 

 subsisting principally on corn, mast, fish, 

 frogs, and insects. It increases at a rapid 

 rate, getting its growth in one year and usu- 



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