SQUIRRELS WON BY KINDNESS. 



BOUT ten years ago we 

 began taming the wild 

 squirrels which exist in 

 great numbers in the 

 woods around this house. We put 

 Barcelona nuts in a small basket 

 outside the dining-room window, 

 and every day a handful thrown 

 on the ground served to attract 

 the notice of the little animals. In 

 a very short time the squirrels 

 ventured to approach, timidly at first, picking up 

 their favourite food ; they would scratch up the 



