Banneriail 





Graysquirrel was to be seen, Bannertail 

 was not alone. A pair of Redsquirrels 

 was there and half a dozen Chipmunks 

 searching about for the scattering pre- 

 cious nuts. 



Their methods were very different from 

 those of the Graysquirrel race. The 

 Chipmunks were carrying off the prizes 

 in their cheek-pouches to underground 

 storehouses. The Redsquirrels were hur- 

 rying away with their loads to distant 

 hollow trees, a day's gathering in one 

 tree. The Graysquirrels' way is differ- 

 ent. With them each nut is buried in 

 the ground, three or four inches deep, one 

 nut at each place. A very precise essen- 

 tial instinct it is that regulates this plan. 

 It is inwrought with the very making of 

 the Graysquirrel race. Yet in Banner- 

 tail it was scarcely functioning at all. 

 Even the strongest inherited habit needs 

 a starter. 



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