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Upper: Fig. 20. A Prairie-dog Town in an Alfalfa Field 

 Near Carlsbad, New Mexico, in 1901 



Lower: Fig. 21. The Prairie-dogs Build Mounds about Their 



Burrows 

 This prevents the water from running down them in case of heavy 

 rains. 



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