SQUIRRELS 63 
Case II. 
A Chickaree was felled from a small tree by a gentle 
tap with a piece of lathing. He was so little injured 
that he would have escaped had I not been on the spot 
where he fell and seized him at once. He was placed 
forthwith in the box that the other animal had occupied. 
He manifested no signs whatever of traumatic injury. 
One looking in upon him might suppose that here was 
a case of a lively squirrel unwell, but events proved 
otherwise. He ate the food placed within the box, but 
only when no one was observant. He kept his head 
somewhat down, and seemed indifferent to everything. 
When a stick was placed near his mouth he savagely 
bit at it; but when a needle on the end of the same 
stick was substituted he evinced no such hostility. He 
made no effort to escape while we were in the room, 
but, on our going down to dinner, he must at once have 
commenced work, for, on returning to the room in half- 
an-hour, he was found free, having gnawed one of the 
slats sufficiently to allow him to squeeze through. 
With the assistance of a friend he was recaptured, but 
during the chase he showed fight when cornered, and 
finally, as he was being secured, I narrowly escaped 
being bitten. He was returned to his box, which was 
then covered with a board weighted with a large stone. 
Notwithstanding, he gnawed his way out through the 
upper corner of the box during our absence on one 
occasion shortly afterwards. 
I think a more typical case of feigning than this one 
could scarcely be found. 
The accounts of these two cases are based upon notes 
taken at the time, and this brings me to the most 
interesting, and at the same time the most difficult 
series cf enquiries connected with the whole subject, 
viz. What, upon analysis, is this feigning in animals ? 
