54 SQUIRRELS WON BY KINDNESS. 



nuts and rush away to some quiet spot out of 

 sight. 



Generations of the graceful little rodents have 

 been trained to come nearer and nearer to the 

 window, until they are now so delightfully tame 

 that I feel induced to suggest to others the means 

 of enjoying the pleasure we find in watching our 

 daily visitors from the woods. 



My first act before breakfast is to place a 

 handful of nuts on a small table which stands in 

 the room close to a bay window. Hardly have I 

 done so when in come the squirrels, sliding up to 

 the window and leaping on to the table to enjoy the 

 nuts. They will take nuts gently from our hands, 

 and sitting up in the graceful position a squirrel 

 adopts when quite at ease its tail curved over its 

 back, and its tiny paws holding the nut they crack 

 them and fling away the shells in careless fashion. 

 A scrimmage sometimes takes place when several 

 come in together ; one bolder spirit will chase 

 another round the room until both spring out at 

 the window and dart across the lawn. At length 

 the nuts on the table being eaten or carried away, 

 the squirrels, well knowing where the supply is 



