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Strawberries.

[59]

Seé-yo—The prairie-hen.

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Mahgâh—The wild-goose. Fox-pups. I could never see the propriety of calling the young of foxes kits or kittens, which mean little cats. The fox belongs to the canis or dog family, and not the felis or cat family. If it is proper to call the young of dogs and wolves pups, it is equally proper to so call the young of foxes.