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slioiildeis ; small ears, small eyes, and long gnawing 

 teetli that overhang the lips. It sleeps the whiter 

 sleej), wliieli I wish you to remember tlie Wise Men call 

 lii-her-na-tlni/. 



"The Gray Pocket or Northern Gopher is found 

 further north than any of its kin, touching his ]{ed 

 brother's haunts, and ranging from JMontana to the 

 plains of the Saskatchewan country where Nez shot liis 

 Moose. This species is smaller tlian the Red Pouched 

 Goplier, and has lioary, brownish-gray fur; otlierwise it 

 does not greatl}^ differ from it. 



KaN(1AHOO 



''Now come two lighter, more graceful fourfoots be- 

 longing to the lAimily of Pouched Pats and Mice, — 

 the Kangaroo Rat and tlie Pocket Mouse. 



" The Kangaroo Rat looks like a joke on legs. To 



