A DIGRESSION ON SQUIRRELS 



where the furry offenders were being pun- 

 ished for their fondness for game was the 

 Berlin Thiergarten, while the carniverous 

 red squirrel that came under my observa- 

 tion was, as you know, a Canadian, a sub- 

 ject of His Gracious Majesty. I have been 

 assured by those who have made a study of 

 the case that he seldom crosses the border, 

 and I think it would be difficult to prove 

 such cannibalistic charges against any of 

 the red-coats residing in our neighborhood. 



The grove is a sufficient refutation of the 

 statement that it is impossible to have both 

 birds and squirrels. In season it is alive 

 with songsters and gay with winter birds; 

 yet throughout the entire year, with the ex- 

 ception of a few stormy or sleepy days, 

 squirrels chatter saucily among the very 

 trees in which the birds are hatched and 

 brought up. 



Among these same trees, by the way, are 



