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scratch out its burrow so close to the water, and esjDe- 

 cially on the lower side ? Perhaps while still at work 

 the rush of water through the walls overwhelmed the 

 little tunneller, certainly but a few minutes before we 

 discovered it, as its body was still warm, and no vulture 

 had yet spied it. Strange coincidence of two unusual 

 tragedies to befall creatures of the wild — a Lincoln 



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