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"Yessir, and the laigs on his right side are longer than the ones on his left side, so he kin stand straight as he goes around the hill feedin'. He kin only go 'round that one way, o' course, an' when he gets ready to go to bed he has to lie down an' crawl into his hole. . . ."

Thus is the tenderfoot regaled in lightly populated sections of the continent, where roam the sidehill gouger, the minktum, tigermonk, high-behind,* lava bear, hoop snake, jointed snake, Peruvian...

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