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NATURE STUDY AND LIFE 



are squirrels or chipmunks about the schoolhouse, it is 

 generally an easy matter to tame them by leaving nuts or 

 bits of bread in some convenient crotch, and soon they 

 will be coming regularly to share the children's lunch. 



Fig. 165. Taming a Chipmunk 

 (Photograph by Miss Jessie' Gelston Whiting) 



As to the different species, a few facts should be devel- 

 oped in connection with rearing them, especially in towns 

 and city parks. 



The common red squirrel, or chickaree, is the living 

 impersonation of mischief. He will cut every pear from 



