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This terrace is bounded on the east by the staircase tower, and 

 on the west bv the out-of-door dining-room. The furniture in this 

 room is simple, consisting of one stone bench; the dishes plain and 

 f l>u to be precise, there is but one, a brass jar from India, warranted 

 not to break or dent if tipped over or thrown down upon the brick 



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floor by the sudden antics of Tom or Bob. In the jar is generally 

 corn or peanuts, on the bench is spread the chopped suet which the 

 nut-hatches love, on the floor are thrown cherries for the robins 

 and woodpeckers. It is a busy, happy corner: the squirrels leap 

 down from the pergola roof at the opening of a door; the chipmunks, 

 by nature far more timid, have learned to eat from our hands, and 



appear at any daylight hour ready and eager for play or for work. 



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