MAMMALS OF MINNESOTA. 1838 
Hespie’s Wheel Song. With unconscious skill she would work 
it out in wonderful variety. Instead of the first measure, she 
would sometimes open with the second one and then follow it 
with the first. Orshe might start with the third, following 
with the second or first, just as fancy seemed to dictate. Then 
she had her whims as to the amount of repetition of each bar, 
that is to say, she would double or even triplicate a measure 
when the notion tock her. In this regard time was quite . 
ignored. Indeed, whatever may have been the Hesperomys’ 
canon of musical procedure or propriety, we could not but re- 
gard it as arbitrary, or beyond our comprehension. Still, it 
must be admitted that this litile performer possessed precis- 
sion, delicacy and scope of excution. 
NO. t. THE WHEEL SONG. 
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NO. 2. THE GRAND ROLE. 

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‘‘She had one role, which although the notation is simpler 
than that of the Wheel Song, yet I think, to her, its execution 
was more difficult. It is certain that she was far more chary of 
its performance, and to me its effect seemed more impressive. 
I have, on account of its infrequency, distinguished it as ‘ The 
Grand Role.’ 
