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MacColl, Donald, 1793-1886 (foxhunter | Glencreran | Argyllshire)

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Story about hunting foxes, 29 August 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/69
Scope and Contents Story about hunting foxes collected from Donald MacColl [foxhunter, Glencreran, Earra GhĂ idheal/Argyllshire]. In it he tells of a particular hunt in Coire Chaorain [Earra GhĂ idheal/Argyllshire] in which a vixen was killed and then her cub was discovered, eyes still unopened and two bullets in its hind legs. He describes how the vixen plays with her cubs all day and goes out at night to hunt mice and frogs and how the fox brings home moles for the cubs to play with 'No creature eats these'....
Dates: 29 August 1883

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