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  [Assembly 
  

  

  Ssli 
  over 
  night, 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  frequently 
  carried 
  off 
  by 
  the 
  fish- 
  

   er 
  whose 
  well 
  known 
  tracks 
  were 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity. 
  In 
  Ham- 
  

   ilton 
  county 
  it 
  is 
  still 
  numerous 
  and 
  troublesome. 
  The 
  hunters 
  

   there 
  have 
  assured 
  me 
  that 
  they 
  have 
  known 
  a 
  fisher 
  to 
  destroy 
  

   twelve 
  out 
  of 
  thirteen 
  traps 
  in 
  a 
  line 
  of 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  fourteen 
  

   miles 
  in 
  length. 
  It 
  brings 
  forth 
  two 
  young 
  annually. 
  Its 
  geo- 
  

   graphical 
  range 
  is 
  included 
  between 
  the 
  fortieth 
  and 
  seventieth 
  

   parallels 
  of 
  latitude, 
  extending 
  across 
  the 
  continent. 
  

  

  