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the hair there is short, and "of a different colour from my fleece-^: 

 that is either white, brown, or black. My relative the Wolf, who 

 in former days was my enemy, is now my friend and caretaker. He' 



Fig. 72. — A Spotted Deer, from a photograph, C. R. 1393., 



too in his " fleece " shows distinct evidence of our common 

 ancestor's carapace.' 



If we turn to the White-backed Skunk, ja good picture of which 

 is given in the Royal Natural History, vol. ii. p. ^6, we find 



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