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America being represented by seventy-eight species 

 and sub species. 



Some meadow mice live in the dark shade of 

 the forest, some in high and dry places, and others 

 make their runways and little homes of dry grass 

 on the salt meadows subject to the overflow at 

 every high tide. Some kinds live like moles, have 

 long galleries under the ground and some swim and 

 dive in a manner which entitles them to be called 

 aquatic, but they all bear a general family resem- 

 blance to each other and the one in the illustration 

 is typical of the family. 



MUSKRATS WHEN CAPTURED YOUNG 



make interesting and gentle pets; but full grown 

 muskrats are too savage to handle with safety. 

 This rule, however, is true of most animals, al- 

 though I have tamed full grown gray squirrels, red 

 squirrels, flying squirrels and chipmunks. 



The last-named animal makes a gentle little pet 

 and it is interesting to note that one which I have 

 kept all this winter did not hibernate, although it 

 slept late on very cold or stormy mornings, but on 

 bright days it would sit in the sun and chatter and 

 chortle in a low, self-satisfied, comfortable manner. 



A few years ago my wife and I were in camp 



AT THE HEAD OF FLATHEAD LAKE. 



We were trout fishing and I had climbed over a 

 lot of whim sticks, which is Chinook for the dry 



