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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