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RECREATION 



only individual of his race that ever 

 lived on terms of such intimacy with a 

 human being. He could not do stunts 

 like trained animals, but he was a 

 bright, active and affectionate little 

 creature, always ready to be fed or pet- 

 ted or played with. He had a habit 

 on a word of command from his master 

 of sitting bolt upright, crossing his 

 paws in front of him, as shown in the 

 accompanying illustration. He was a 



handsome little beast, with sides and 

 back which were of a yellowish grey 

 color, thickly crowded with a confusion 

 of white spots and with underparts of 

 a greyish white. Doctor Lawrence tells 

 me that he belongs to a very peculiar 

 genus of animals which exhibit without 

 a missing link, a perfect gradation be- 

 ginning with forms which represent 

 squirrels and ending with those almost 

 identical with marmots or prairie dogs. 



WHITE-NOSED, YELLOW-BILLED MARMOT 

 ROCKY MOUNTAINS 



