BISMARCK, THE RED SQUIRREL 



me that squirrels think, plan, and reason just 

 as human beings do. Every time I threw to 

 him a nut or bit of bread, I would see him do 

 the thinking act. He would take the food 

 to a boulder, where he would stop, hold up one 

 foot ready to start again, and think out a 

 good hiding-place. When he had thought 

 out a spot, he would run directly to it and 

 conceal the food under leaves or pine-needles, 

 and return to the dooryard for more. No two 

 nuts or bits of bread were concealed in the 

 same place. Several times I experimented to 

 find out how many trips Bismarck would make. 

 The greatest number was fifty-one. While 

 the experiment was going on, I noted each 

 hiding-place, as well as I could, and after- 

 ward saw the squirrel go to many. He cer- 

 tainly remembered each spot, and his keen 

 scent did the rest. 



Bismarck was a thrifty squirrel. He did 

 not disturb his hidden store while the food 

 held out in the dooryard. He would call 

 around early in the morning, and if he found 

 me eating breakfast under the trees, he would 

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