BILLY AND HANS 



it is frightened, as, for instance, when 

 held fast in any way, or in a manner 

 that alarms it, it will generally bite 

 even the most familiar hand, the feel- 

 ing being apparently that it is neces- 

 sary to gnaw away the ligature which 

 holds it. Of course, considering the 

 irreconcilability of Hans to captivity, 

 I was obliged, much against my will, 

 to get a cage for him to travel in ; 

 and I made a little dark chamber in 

 the upper part of a wire bird-cage in 

 which the two squirrels were put for 

 travelling. During the first journeys 

 the motion of the carriage or railway 

 train made Hans quite frantic, while 

 Billy took it with absolute unconcern. 

 On stopping at a hotel, they were 

 invariably released in my room, where 

 they raced about at will, climbing the 

 highest pieces of furniture, and the 

 window-curtain, but always coming to 



