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animals to-day as when they were written. Still, the 

 field-notes as to the habits of our mammals, in their pres- 

 ent environment, are far from being devoid of interest 

 and permanent value, and when it is remembered that 

 traits that are peculiar to an animal in one locality, may 

 not be characteristic of the same animal elsewhere, there 

 is but little danger that the observations of a naturalist, 

 even of familiar objects, will prove, in all respects, a 

 twice-told tale. 



