182 AUDUBON THE NATURALIST. 



with an abstracted intense expression peculiar 

 to them, were gazing over the scenery, when 

 suddenly he pointed with his finger to the fence 

 of a field, about two hundred yards oif, with the 

 exclamation, " See, yonder is a fox-squirrel, 

 running along the top rail, it is not often I have 

 seen one in Pennsylvania." 



As not one other person in the group who 

 looked in the direction with him, could detect 

 the creature at all, his companions felt some 

 skepticism as to whether he could discern the 

 object so distinctly, as to discover its species, 

 and curiously asked him if he were sure that it 

 was 2^ fox squirrel? 



Audubon smiled, as flashing his eagle's glance 

 upon them, he answered, "Ah I I have an eagle'? 

 eyes." 



