Nilipoita kuona wake katika Juni, 1842, alikuwa amekwenda uwindaji- katika Woods, kama ilivyokuwa yake desturi ( Sina uhakika kama ni mwanamume au mwanamke, na hivyo matumizi ya kawaida zaidi usage ), lakini bibi yake aliniambia kuwa yeye alikuja katika kitongoji kidogo zaidi ya mwaka mmoja kabla, mwezi Aprili, na alikuwa hatimaye kuchukuliwa katika nyumba zao, yeye alikuwa wa rangi nyeusi- kijivu rangi ya hudhurungi, na nyeupe doa kwenye koo yake, na miguu nyeupe, na alikuwa kubwa bushy mkia kama mbweha, ili katika majira ya baridi manyoya ilikua nene na flatted nje pamoja pande zake, na kutengeneza kupigwa kumi au kumi na mbili inchi kwa muda mrefu na mbili na nusu kote, na chini ya kidevu chake kama muff, upande wa juu huru, chini ya matted kama waliona, na katika spring hizi appendages imeshuka mbali.
When I called to see her in June, 1842, she was gone a- hunting in the woods, as was her wont ( I am not sure whether it was a male or female, and so use the more common pronoun ), but her mistress told me that she came into the neighborhood a little more than a year before, in April, and was finally taken into their house; that she was of a dark brownish- gray color, with a white spot on her throat, and white feet, and had a large bushy tail like a fox; that in the winter the fur grew thick and flatted out along her sides, forming stripes ten or twelve inches long by two and a half wide, and under her chin like a muff, the upper side loose, the under matted like felt, and in the spring these appendages dropped off.QED QED