some seat, as if begging for their accustomed treat and becoming so 

 tame as to take a nut from one's hand. Possibly because of his 

 natural enemies, such as the fox, hawks, mice, and even the roguish 

 red squirrel, whose cleverness delights in stealing his sedate gray 

 cousin's winter supply, the gray squirrel shows himself unusually 

 grateful for the shelter and seclusion offered in our parks or near 

 our homes, and rewards us very often by his friendly and sociable 

 presence. 



His gray covering is much admired because of its soft texture 

 and thickness, and is employed to a considerable extent in the manu- 

 facture of fur goods, for which purpose the northern squirrels are 

 superior. When we realize, however, the large number of skins re- 

 quired for even one garment, we may well refuse to rob our woods 

 of even that much joyous and harmless life. 



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