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are rare - Perhaps I should except
an animal resembling the house mouse
sometimes found under the corn stacks
and which may be the same

The northern short tailed short legged
large bodied mouse or mole found in the
grass at the East is not I think known
here.

I have found no trace of the gopher
south of Ohio & Miss. R.R. tho he may
be on some of the southern prairies
of squirrels

The Gray is abundant
Striped rarely or never seen
Red - small - very rare
Fox - perhaps one Fox squirrel to 20 gray
Black - probably not found at all here

I have never seen the Fox squirrel abundant
enough to give fair sport in hunting

The mole does move in the day time ie
make new roads - generally in wet days -
and I doubt his having any home but
I am confident he travels his roads often
when they are not disturbed

But I am not good authority on any of
these things

However I shall enquire & write you as
I get information

Truly yours
L.W. Ashley