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Sound Sleepers— Abundance of Sunie 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 

 iSkunks — Dr. Merriam's Observations — Sometimes Dis- 

 tresses Other Night Travellers — Interesting and Valua- 

 ble Contributions — The Sneaking Cat and Cunning 

 Hat — 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- 

 creased — How to Fix Them — What a Chester County 

 Farmer Believes — Hawks and Owls — Weasels, Skunks 

 and Mink — The Fox a Terror — Everybody Killed 

 Foxes Then — He Plead and Almost Cried For Foxes- 

 Hounds and a Bobtailed Horse — How He Behave? 

 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 AH In Some 



