raccoon-hunts

Updated: June 13, 2025

But, hearing the voices of their masters, they gained courage, and in another instant had the poor animal struggling vainly in their midst; while our blows came rattling down, to finish its sufferings, and prevent them tearing its skin to pieces. Such was one of several raccoon-hunts in which I took part. The raccoon is about the size of a spaniel, and its colour is a blackish grey.

William Henry Giles Kingston - Afar in the Forest