Indeed, I had idealized it roughly in my pocket-book, intending to transfer the sketches, for elaboration on canvas, to Tankerville, the regimental Landseer, whose menagerie of living models, consisting of two bears, one calf-moose, one loup-cervier, three bloated raccoons, and a bald eagle, formed at once the terror and delight of the rising generation of the barracks.

He said, like the fabled raccoon in the tree, "Don't shoot, I'll come down."

When a good number of sixpences had been paid in, the proprietor opened his box, out from which crawled a fat, familiar raccoon, apparently as much at home in the market-place as he could have been in the middle of his native swamp.

When a good number of sixpences had been paid in, the proprietor opened his box, out from which crawled a fat, familiar raccoon, apparently as much at home in the market-place as he could have been in the middle of his native swamp.

Then we came on a party of coatis, which look like reddish, long-snouted, long-tailed, lanky raccoons.

One small child had as pets a parrot and a young coatia kind of long- nosed raccoon.

Then we came on a party of coatis, which look like reddish, long-snouted, long-tailed, lanky raccoons.

"However his brother declared it was the case, and so the other one said, 'Well, let me go, and see if I can find some water.' "When the tricky raccoon heard this he hurried back and at once untied the rope from the bushes and refastened it to the post near the water.