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Sound Sleepers— Abundance of Some Mammals— The 

 Work of Two Trappers— A Wyoming County Trapper- 

 Reports from Some Fur Dealers — Mr. Lewis, of Jeffer- 

 son County— Messrs. Jordan and Son, of Luzerne 

 County— Messrs. Weil, of Chester County— Skunks- 

 Some of its Common Names— Some of its Enemies— 

 They Do Much Good— Sportsmen Generally despise 

 :Skunks— Dr. Merriam's Obsei-vations— Sometimes Dis- 

 tresses Other Night Travellers— Interesting and "Valua- 

 ble Contributions— The Sneaking Cat and Cunning 

 Rat— They Catch Beneficial Insects— These Farmers 

 Defend Skunks— Skunk Farming— The Farm— Their 

 Food— Their Nests— In Slaughtering Season— What 

 Farmers, Poulterers and Sportsmen say About 

 Skunks— Reports by Counties— Red Squirrel— ^Albin- 

 ism— His Last Chicken— Destroys Many Birds— Addi- 

 tional Evidence Against Him— Some of His Pursu- 

 ers—Additional Facts of His Life History— Some- 

 times Active at Night— He seeks the Fence Rails- 

 Keeps Just Out of Reach— The Gray Squirrel's Foe- 

 Opossum— Why De Ha'r Is Missin'— 3,500 a year in 

 Chester County— May Eventually Get to Klondike — ^A 

 Night Prowler— Its Nest— Hunts A Tree when Pur- 

 sued—A Veritable Curiosity — Wise Provisions of Na- 

 ture — A Prolific and Rapid Breeder— An Omnivorous 

 Animal— Some of its Enemies— Red Fox— Plentiful in 

 Many Farming Districts— Some Hunters Worried- 

 Some Things They Did— A Diversion Enjoyed by 

 Many— They Say He Does Much Good— Sheep-killing 

 Dogs and Foxes— Some of His Numerous Victims- 

 Some Animals Foxes Kill— Birds— Mammals— Foxes 

 Love Lamb Chops and Pork— Where Pheasants 

 Thrived— Foxes Did It— Talked About Foxes and Got 

 Some Votes — The Weasels — Good Foxes Are Dead 

 Foxes— They Couldn't Understand Valuable Informa- 

 tion—Andy, it was Strychnine not Disease— Birds In- 

 ci-eased— How to Fix Them— What a Chester County 

 Farmer Believes— Hawks and Owls — Weasels, Skunks 

 and Mink— The Fox a Terror— Everybody Killed 

 Poxes Then— He Plead and Almost Cried For Foxes- 

 Hounds and a Bobtailed Horse— How He Behaves 

 Across the Ocean — They Do Far More Harm Than 

 Good — ^What Farmers, Poultry Raisers and Sportsmen 

 Say about Red and Gray Foxes— Gray Fox— He Circled 

 and Turned in and Out- Rare, If Found At .MI In Some 



