A DIGRESSOIN ON SQUIRRELS 



ing objects in the most conspicuous notches 

 of trees and in other equally open places. 



But cracked nuts he is more apt to de- 

 vour on the spot, although even a portion 

 of these he sometimes stores. Realizing, 

 however, that it is not well for Rufus, any 

 more than for the rest of us, to have things 

 made too easy, and realizing also that there 

 is safety and happiness in working for a liv- 

 ing, we limit his supply of cracked nuts to 

 half a dozen a day. This suffices to retain 

 his cupboard friendship, and to secure his 

 daily visits, and does not interfere with the 

 sawing and filing of whole nuts, so bene- 

 ficial to him from dental standpoints. 



During the pine-siskin, junco and spar- 

 row raids an extra supply of cracked nuts 

 had to be put out on the window-sill and 

 the veranda-roof. Even then Rufus had 

 hard work to secure a share, and certainly 

 no opportunity for over-eating. He sulked 



