THE RACOON 



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is subjected, Dr. Coues tells us that up to 1877 it did 

 not appear to have materially diminished in numbers in 

 unsettled parts of the country, and this, although the 



Fig. 67. 



THE SKUNK. 



annual imports into Great Britain have exceeded 

 100,000. That beautiful little animal, the ermine, 

 ranges over Northern Asia, Europe, and America. The 

 tip of its tail remains black when all the rest of its fur 



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