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little creature is also provided with snowslioes, a curi- 

 ous fringe of stout, bristly growths arranged along 

 the toes, which greatly assist him in walking over the 

 snow. This growth begins to show itself on the foot 

 by the middle of October, and by the end of March 

 it has completely disappeared. 



The flesh of the partridge, in my estimation, is 

 incomparably superior to that of the quaU, and the 

 amount of it on the breast of a plump bird is sur- 

 prising. A bird should be kept in the ice chest at 

 least three days before it is eaten. 



Partridge berry. 



