. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders. Zoology. CHAPTEE XV. A SEMIANNUAL SLEEPER AND A NIGHTLY PROWLER. The Woodchuck and Porcupine. If one could shake a red and a gray squirrel to- gether in a bag until they merged into one individual with a coat neither red nor gray, then blow the thing up with the bellows into thrice its former size, jam the face togeth- er, trim down the ears, enlarge the paws, chop off half -^l! . the tail, and finish " ' Tbewoldchucr by knocking just half the life out of it, one would have a fair imitation of the woodchuck o
. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders. Zoology. CHAPTEE XV. A SEMIANNUAL SLEEPER AND A NIGHTLY PROWLER. The Woodchuck and Porcupine. If one could shake a red and a gray squirrel to- gether in a bag until they merged into one individual with a coat neither red nor gray, then blow the thing up with the bellows into thrice its former size, jam the face togeth- er, trim down the ears, enlarge the paws, chop off half -^l! . the tail, and finish " ' Tbewoldchucr by knocking just half the life out of it, one would have a fair imitation of the woodchuck or marmot {Arctomys monax)* that grave and indefatigable old burrower who in- habits the field on every farm in the country—or * His Indian name is Wenusk. 245. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938; Underwood, William Lyman, 1864-1929, phot. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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