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aphids, a grasshopper, a moth or two, and a 

 colony of caterpillars. I* followed him closely, 

 and frequently was within a few feet of him. 

 Often I saw his eyes, or rather one eye at a time; 

 and a number of times I imagined him about to 

 look round and with merry laugh fly away, for 

 he frequently acted like a happy child who is 

 closely watching you while all the time merrily 

 pretending not to see you. Yet, in all those four 

 hours, he did not do a single thing which showed 

 that he knew of my nearness or even of my 

 existence ! 



Examining each tree in turn, he moved down 

 a long row and at the end flew without the slight- 

 est pause to the first tree in the next row. From 

 here he examined a line of trees diagonally 

 across the orchard to the farther corner. Here 

 he followed along the outside row until he flew 

 away. The line of his inspection, from the time 

 I first saw him until he flew away, formed a big 

 letter "N." 



During a wind-storm in a pine forest a dead 

 tree fell near me and a flying limb knocked a 

 downy, stunned, to the earth, by my feet. On 



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