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life of Nature, had never harnied any one or anythin;^, and 

 there he lay, the victim of an invader and murderer. 



"This ended my hunting, a favorite sport of more than 

 half a century, and which had the double attraction that it led 

 me deep into the solitudes of Nature, with their unfading 

 freshness and unfailing charms." 



A squirrel's home. 



