. The hunter and the trapper in North America; or, Romantic adventures in field and forest . to the glare ofDollys toixh, we soon sighted the animal crouchingin the midst of the mud, which reached up to his belly,his hair bristling, and his tail so swollen that yoii mightalmost have sworn it was the caudal appendage of avery lai-ge Avolf. His mouth was white with foam, hiseyes flashed flame and fire, and, \\ losing sight ofany of the dogs* movements, he held himself ready toseize by the nose the first who ventured near him. Thedogs were afraid to close, and limited themselves to afew fe
. The hunter and the trapper in North America; or, Romantic adventures in field and forest . to the glare ofDollys toixh, we soon sighted the animal crouchingin the midst of the mud, which reached up to his belly,his hair bristling, and his tail so swollen that yoii mightalmost have sworn it was the caudal appendage of avery lai-ge Avolf. His mouth was white with foam, hiseyes flashed flame and fire, and, \\ losing sight ofany of the dogs* movements, he held himself ready toseize by the nose the first who ventured near him. Thedogs were afraid to close, and limited themselves to afew feints of attack, with the result their instinct taughtthem to expect, of fatiguing the beleagueied soon manifested unequivocal symptoms of he miauled more loudly and more vehementlythan ever, our dogs, without suSering themselves to beintimidated by the frightful noise, which was repeatedby all the echoes of the forest, began to pen him in morenarrowly. One of them, bolder than the others, con-trived to seize his tail; but a sharp bite forced him THE BITER THE i>oi;s \vei:e akkaiii to to let go. A second attacked liiiii in the tiank withequal want of success. The biter, in fact, was bit; forthe racoon seized his muzzle between his well-armed jaws, SB MOVING All FAD. and held the poor dog, who liowled teiTilily, without veu-tiiring on the slightest eflbrt to release himself. The racoon now appeared to think the victory washis. With an expression of joy he anticipated his i-e-venge; hut, suddenly, the other dogs, perceiving theyhad nothing further to di-ead from his Tiites, sprang simul-taneously ujion him, and worried him after a struggle ofabout ten minutes. The racoon, however, had not loosedhis hold, and even in his last bitter moments i-etainedhis prisoner with his teeth, until, at length, one of sons split his head with a blow from a hatchet. So fiir our adventure had been successful. We hadalready captured two racoon
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