52 IN NATURE'S WAYS 



gambol ; and through their play their mother is 

 teaching them all the while to hunt for themselves. 

 You may see her pick one up and carry him by the 

 loose skin at the back of the neck : like all carnivorous 

 creatures, she carries her young in this way, moving 

 them if need be to a place of safety. She brings back 

 mice for them to play with and worry. Later on 

 she leads them out on real hunting expeditions. 



So the weasel grows up a mighty hunter. He has 

 fed on blood from the time when he lay with his 

 brothers and sisters in the underground lair ; and 

 bloodthirsty he is to the end. 



ttlild Canaries 



" Might not Canary birds be naturalised to this climate, provided 

 their eggs were put in the spring into the nests of their congeners, 

 as goldfinches, greenfinches, etc. ? Before winter, perhaps, they 

 might be hardened, and able to shift for themselves/" 



