1906
Oct. 25
(No 2)
be uniformly black. Both colors make it exceedingly
conspicuous out in the broad green field. When, at
length, it was disturbed by the distant rattle of a 
wagon approaching along the road(but still an eighth
of a mile away) I was surprised to see it start
off at a brisk trot which soon changed to a really
fast and very easy gallop (certainly fast enough to
put a man to his top speed to keep up with it)
which quickly carried it out of sight into the bushy
swamp beyond the field. From first to last its
fine, long, fan-like tail was not once raised above,
nor even to, the line of the animal's back nor
was it jerked about or up & down perceptibly. On
the contrary, both when walking slowly and trotting or
galloping rapidly, this Skunk seemed to trail
its tail behind it over the ground as if the
appendage were merely fastened to its stern and
had no other means of support. This fact was
the more remarkable because of the fact that 
the grass was very wet at the time.