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try to attract them to all sides, we can probably 

 do it, but shall not have as many in any one 

 place. Usually people like to have them come to 

 points where they can be seen from the principal 

 living-room. Suppose then that we decide on 

 this plan. Let us look out of the window and see 

 if we can find a tree say seventy-five or a hundred 

 feet away to which we can tie one of our lumps 

 of suet. Let us suppose that we see such a tree, 

 and that there is a well-exposed branch from 

 eight to twelve feet from the ground. We fix 

 that branch in our minds, and suet in hand we go 

 out to the tree. Perhaps we can easily climb to 

 the branch ; but if not, we can get a ladder. We 

 should have three or four pieces of soft string of 

 convenient length, and with one of these tie the 

 suet at just the place and in just the position we 

 want it. It is well to have it either on top of the 

 branch or on the side of it; if it is fastened 

 underneath, certain birds which like suet would 

 find it hard to get at. If it is fastened on the side 

 of the branch, of course it should be on the 

 side nearer the house where it can be seen. The 

 other pieces of string should now be crisscrossed 

 back and forth, and should bite into the suet a 

 little at each turn, so that it may be left snug and 

 tight. The loose ends of the string may now be 

 cut off and the deed is done. 



