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only terribly mutilated. The destructive work is at once recognized as 

 that of a trespassing woodchuck or "ground hog," whose freshly-made 

 burrow is found nearby. 



Farther up on the hillside other moimds of fresh earth clearly show 

 that a colony of these troublesome rodents is establishing itself and 

 forcing upon us many destructive and imwelcome guests. With the 



Fig. 5. Where danger lurks. 



patience and cunning that in time become characteristic of the devoted 

 photographer, we succeed in catching, with the camera, a very-much- 

 alive "chuck" indulging in a day dream in the entrance to his burrow. 

 Later this same burrow shall have dropped into its deep passage 

 a small ball of rags or twine saturated ^\dth bisulphide of carbon, after 

 which the entrance must be closed securely with a banking of soil firmly 

 tamped or pounded. The deadly penetrating vapor or gas from this 



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