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over its head but it would
Take its front claws and take it
off as fast as I could put it on
Then I finally got it on its tail
and dragged it out of its nest
they had leaves in the hollow for
a nest Neither of these were fat
January 5 1927
No 12279 & No 12280 was seen
running along ground but soon
took to trees along hillside in
coffee grove here I shot both out
in different trees. These mammals
are very hard to see in tree after
they climb up as their peltage
is about the same color as
bark on trees all but tail
No 12281 was shot by
Jose Morales when out looking
for hogs it was very fat and
stomach contained leaves and grain
which looked like Kaffir corn seed
it had leaves in its mouth
when they brought it to me
this was my first skin of
this kind that I skinned but after
sticking myself a few times soon
had it skinned