OPOSSnW AND PHIPMUNK The only American Marsupial is a carnivorous animal, always hungry and untiring in pursuit of prey. It pos- 

 sesses feu tenowers of scent and is very persistent in following the trail of any smaller animal. In the picture it has followed to its lair and overcome a 

 ■Chipmunk which it has dragged to a convenient tree and is in the act of devouring. This picture shows the manner in which it holds on to limbs by its tail 

 ^nd is an excellent portrait of this predaceous Marsupial. {Didciphys marsu^iahs.) 



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