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by a sort of cry, or inarticulate sound; that he 

 has seen them march in regular companies, each 

 led by its particular captain. On meeting, both 

 parties have drawn up in battle array, and, on 

 the signal being given by their chiefs, have en- 

 gaged with a degree of fury that has surprised 

 him. 



OAKS PLANTED BY SQUIRRELS. 



It is a curious circumstance, and not gene- 

 rally known, that most of those oaks which arc 

 called spontaneous, are planted by the squirrel* 

 This little animal has performed the most essen- 

 tial service to the British navy. A gentleman^ 

 walking one day, in the wood belonging to the 

 Duke of Beaufort, near Troy-house, in the 

 county of Monmouth, his attention was diverted 

 by a squirrel, which sat very composedly upon 

 the ground. He stopped to observe his mo- 

 tions. In a few minutes, the squirrel darted 

 like lightning to the top of a tree, beneath 

 which he had been sitting. In an instant, he 

 was .down with an acorn in his mouth, and began 

 to burrow in the earth with his hands. After 

 digging a small hole, he stooped down, and de- 



