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For $12 will send prepaid a copy of 

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My prices for back numbers of the 

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Vol. XXIV, 1907, 234, to 245 "■'.■ 55 



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For $5.25 I will send prepaid a copy of 

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GUIDE TO TAXIDERMY 



The latest in helps for the taxi- 

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Written by the veteran taxider- 

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Rochester, N. Y. 



TO ALL INTERESTED. 

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