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winter months, that I soon afterwards put into the cage 

 about one hundred additional grains of maize. These 

 were all, in a short time, carried away ; and, on a se- 

 cond examination, I found them stored up in the man- 

 ner of the former. But, though the animal was well 

 supplied with other food, and particularly with bread, 

 which it seemed very fond of, and although it continued 

 perfectly active through the whole winter, on examin- 

 ing its nest a third time, about the end of November, 

 I observed that the food in its repository was all con- 

 sumed, except about half-a-dozen grains." 



