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SQUIRRELS
AND
OTHER FUR-BEARERS
BY
JOHN BURROUGHS

WITH FIFTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS IN
COLORS AFTER AUDUBON, AND
A FRONTISPIECE FROM LIFE

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge

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COPYRIGHT 1875, 1879, 1881, 1886, 1894, AND 1900,
BY JOHN BURROUGHS
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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CONTENTS

CHAP.PAGE
I.Squirrels[1]
II.The Chipmunk[15]
III.The Woodchuck[32]
IV.The Rabbit and the Hare[38]
V.The Muskrat[43]
VI.The Skunk[48]
VII.The Fox[53]
VIII.The Weasel[72]
IX.The Mink[90]
X.The Raccoon[94]
XI.The Porcupine[98]
XII.The Opossum[106]
XIII.Wild Mice[111]
XIV.Glimpses of Wild Life[125]
XV.A Life of Fear[135]
Index[145]

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
Red Fox (page [53]) (From a photograph by Wm. Lyman Underwood,Belmont, Mass.) [Frontispiece]
Flying Squirrel[4]
Gray Squirrel[8]
Chipmunk[18]
Woodchuck[34]
Gray Rabbit[40]
Muskrat[46]
Skunk[50]
Weasel[74]
Mink[90]
Raccoon[96]
Porcupine[102]
Opossum[108]
White-footed Mouse[112]
Jumping Mouse[120]
Red Squirrel[136]

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SQUIRRELS AND OTHER
FUR-BEARERS