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inhabitants of the Lapland Alps, it is said, contrive, by 

 means of their wooden bows, to procure, in the course of 

 a winter, a considerable number of squirrels for the sake 

 of their skins. In spring and autumn some change 

 appears to take place in the colour of the fur in this 

 country. In the summer the fur is uniformly red, 

 and much coarser, and the pencils of the ears also are 

 lost; in the winter the sides of the body assume a 

 greyish tint, the pencils of the ears are long and full, 

 and the fur softer and thicker. 



