TROUBLE 267 



ANIMALS 



We have had little trouble from animals in our gar- 

 den. Our own dogs, while enjoying the sun-bathed 

 paths as napping places and occasionally choosing a 

 cushiony mat of Cerastium, are on the whole very well 

 behaved, usually following the paths quite decorously 

 instead of taking short cuts across the beds. A chip- 

 munk has kept bachelor hall in the garden for several 

 years without doing the least harm to our tender young 

 shoots, and we are very fond of him. More than one 

 soft gray "cotton-tail" comes and goes among our 

 treasures unrebuked, because he merits none, though the 

 dogs entertain opinions which make them restive under 

 our mandate that bunny "belongs" and shall be let 

 alone, and I suspect the look-of-a-gun in Jonas' eye. 



Cats do harm in the garden by interfering with the 

 birds, so they are not allowed. 



Moles do much harm if they elect to make your gar- 

 den the scene of their wanderings. A good trap is the 

 best means of getting rid of them, and the directions for 

 use will come with it. Sometimes in the early morning 

 we can see friend mole at work, heaving the ground as he 

 goes along, and he then may be dug out and disposed of, 

 poor little soft thing ! But, if we do not get him, we may 

 remember that all his ways are not evil, for he is fond of 

 grubs and wire worms and eats many of them, so at 

 least he is trying to pay his way. 



