A book of the United States : exhibiting its geography, divisions, constitution and government ..and presenting a view of the republic generally, and of the individual states; together with a condensed history of the land ..The biography ..of the leading men; a description of the principal cities and towns; with statistical tables .. . s up the door within, and remains torpid til! the warm sea-son. Ii i- about the size ofa rabbit, and of a dark brown color. The Prairie Marmpt, commonly called Prairie Dog, builds his dwellingbarren tracts of the western country, and may often be seen sittingby
A book of the United States : exhibiting its geography, divisions, constitution and government ..and presenting a view of the republic generally, and of the individual states; together with a condensed history of the land ..The biography ..of the leading men; a description of the principal cities and towns; with statistical tables .. . s up the door within, and remains torpid til! the warm sea-son. Ii i- about the size ofa rabbit, and of a dark brown color. The Prairie Marmpt, commonly called Prairie Dog, builds his dwellingbarren tracts of the western country, and may often be seen sittingby the small mounds of earth, which indicate his abode, in an attitude ofmd attention. Whole acres of land are occupied by these littlets, and villages are found, containing thousands of inhabitants. NearRocky Mountains, these villages are found to reach several burrow extends under ground, but to what distance has not marmot, like the rest of the species, remains torpid during the!-. It is very much annoyed in its habitation by owls, rattlesnakes,. and land tortoises, who appropriate these comfortable dwellings fori use, and frequently destroy the young Fox Sqitirrel is found throughout the southern states, where it fre-quents the pine forests in considerable numbers, and derives its principal. i: ick Squirrel. subsisten :e from the seed of the pine. Its color varies from white to pale • black, and is sometimes mottled, with various shades of red. quirrel is one of the largest species, and is found in greatabun- m the oak and chesnul forests of this country. It is a very heavy animal, and is slow in its movements, seldom leaping from tree to tree, PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 1S7 unless it is alarmed or closely pursued. It is found of almost every varietyof color. The Black Squirrel is very common, but is often confoundedwith the black varieties of the squirrels before described. In the winter,this animal is of a pure black; in the summer, it is of a
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