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with cotton that he had collected and stored, but he as 

 frequently uses leaves and grass. 



" Another one of the family about the size of the last 

 is the Marsh Rat, who is so fond of swimming that he 

 seems almost like a link between the true Rats and the 

 Muskrat. He makes his nest at the foot of a stump or 



Marsh Kat. 



sometimes in the centre of a little island of reeds as the 

 Grebe does, jumping directly from the nest into the 

 water and swimming away. 



" The Wood, Trade, or Pack Mat is quite a character. 

 His personal appearance is extremely handsome ; he 

 wears a coat of tawny gray fur with A\'hite vest and 

 boots: he has bio- mild eves, while his face wears more 



