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Alearm
1939
Procyon lotor
East Fork Walker River, Upper Morgan Ranch, Mineral Co., Nev.
Dec. 28.
Today I saw a large
raccoon skin owned by
Mr. W. E. Lewis. Mr. Lewis
said he had caught three
raccoon the past two months
and had turned one loose &
had sold the fur of another.
He stated that the
skeleton to the large skin
was thrown into the
brush along with a coyote
carcass. The wolfed down
to the river where the
remains were thrown
but the raccoon carcass
was not found & the
coyote remains were half
eaten. Hogs were in
this field & possibly they
ate or carried the
raccoon away. Mr. Lewis
said he had caught a
few raccoon in this
vicinity every year.