THE HOME OP THE MOLE. 



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The earth that forms the walls of these galleries is 

 always firm, hard, and smooth, from the continual 

 pressure of the mole's fur in passing through them, so 

 that the severest rain, though the moisture penetrates 



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and permeates the whole molehill, will not cause them 

 to break or cave in. As no known enemy can pene- 

 trate the passageways made by the mole — and if one 

 could, the mole would in all probability prove more 

 than a match for any animal small enough to do so, 



