NATURAL HISTORY STUDIES 



grass and shut the door when winter knocks ; it is 

 again easy to see that this might lead on to a hoard- 

 ing of food supplies. Such hoarding is well illustrated 

 by some of the light sleepers, such as dormice, 

 who awaken whenever the weather is mild and are 

 then inclined to have something to eat. In the 

 burrow of the hamster several store-chambers are 

 made, and grain, as well as hay, is accumulated in 

 considerable quantity. The little snow mouse, that 

 thrives all the year round at a high altitude on the 

 Alps, makes stores of choppedgrass and gentianroots. 

 There 'are many other examples of storing, but we 

 have given illustrations enough to show that the 

 thrifty habit has taken firm hold in many different 

 corners of the Animal Kingdom. 



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