My First Summer 



he makes, all eyes, teeth, and whiskers ! If 

 not so comically small, he would indeed be 

 a dreadful fellow. I should like to know 

 more about his bringing up, his life in the 

 home knot-hole, as w r ell as in the tree-tops, 



DOUGLAS SQUIRREL OBSERVING BROTHER MAN 



throughout all seasons. Strange that I have 

 not yet found a nest full of young ones. The 

 Douglas is nearly allied to the red squirrel 

 of the Atlantic slope, and may have been dis- 

 tributed to this side of the continent by way 

 of the great unbroken forests of the north. 

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