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long, and at its end was a quantity of 

 choice acorns of the white oak, which the 

 little careful animal had ftored up for win- 

 ter. Soon after he found another walk on 

 the fide like the former, but containing a 

 fine ftore of maize : the next had hiccory 

 nuts, and the laft and moft hidden one con- 

 tained fome excellent chefnuts, which 

 might have filled two hats. 



In winter thefe fquirrels are feldom feen, 

 for during that feafon they live in their 

 fubterraneous holes upon the provifions, 

 which they have ftored up there. How- 

 ever on a very fine and clear day they fome- 

 times come out. They frequently dig through 

 the ground, into cellars in which the coun- 

 try people lay up their apples, which they 

 partly eat, and partly fpoil, fo that the 

 mafter has little or nothing left. They 

 handle the maize ftores full as roughly as 

 the apples. But the cats are their great 

 enemies, who devour them and bring them 

 home to their young ones : their flefh is 

 not eaten by men, and their fkin is not 

 made ufe of. 



Of all the fquirrels in the country, thele 

 are the moft difficult to be tamed ; for, 

 though they be caught very young, yet it 

 is dangerous to touch them with naked 

 hands, as they bite very fharp when one is 



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