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IN NATURE'S WAYS 



mice, is well worth taking gently in hand, so that its 

 large eyes and beautiful fur may be examined at close 

 quarters. 



When bird's-nesting in the summer, we have some- 

 times found a dormouse's nest in a bush, and by 

 standing still have been rewarded by the sight of a 

 little brown head peeping out at us, or of seeing how 

 nimbly the mice run up the bush and enter their 

 round home, at once their castle and their nursery 

 so slight and light, yet so firm and strong. 



Harvest Mouse : " I alone have a prehensile tail 1 " 



