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above the ground, and along the slender twigs 

 of the other oak. As soon as he reaches a point 

 where the branch is strong enough to bear his 

 weight without too much swaying, he begins to 

 move rapidly and soon goes in long, quick leaps 

 along the stout limb and up the bole to another 

 branch; out its full length to a maple, through 

 the top of this onto an oak and again onto an- 

 other maple, where he, too, begins to munch the 

 bark, meanwhile gazing furtively in my direc- 

 tion. I have no doubt he both heard and saw 

 me when I arrived and is now wondering as 

 well as his rodent brain can wonder why I am 

 remaining so long within the boundaries of his 

 foraging ground. 



When I move my head raise it slightly to 

 gaze at him he squats motionless close to the 

 limb, evidently believing that as long as he re- 

 mains quiet I will take him to be a bunch of 

 dead leaves, or a brown knot on the limb. A 

 hundred squirrels, thus motionless, see a man 

 passing through the forest where he sees one of 

 them. Munch thy meal fearlessly, my brother 

 mammal, for on this Sabbath morn I seek not 



