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domesticated. It will walk on its hind legS; 
sit upright, and lift food to its mouth with it® 
fore-feet. It will dance with a stick between 
its paws, and perform various antics to pleas^ 
its master. It has a singular antipathy to 
dogs : hut, though able to bite most cruelly? 
it attacks no one unless first irritated. 
THE GRAY SQUIRREL. 
In form and manners the gray squirrel 
very much resembles the common squirrel. I*' 
is of about the size of a young rabbit, an<l? 
excepting the inside of the limbs, and tb*^ 
under parts of the body, which are white, 
colour is an elegant pale gray. 
This animal is a native of North Amerie^ 
and some of the northernmost parts of Europn- 
The gray squirrels often change their plac® 
of abode, so that sometimes during a whol^ 
