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the open than they descended on it and began 

 picking it to pieces. 



It was very interesting watching them, for 

 they were so tame that Joe caught one with his 

 hand. They appeared to be ravenous, and 

 stuffed themselves with meat and then flew 

 away, but Steve explained they only went a 

 short distance to store the meat for the bad 

 winter days to come, hiding it in crevices in 

 the bark of the surrounding trees. They 

 worked hard from morning to night and must 

 have laid by a good store, for I left a good lump 

 of venison hanging in the open for their special 

 benefit, the rest of the meat being protected 

 from the flies and the jays by my mosquito 

 net, which I had turned into a meat safe. 



