OUR COUNTRY LIFE 



family and friends as the unconquerable, the invincible! 

 At last I succeeded in getting two flying squirrels in 

 the trap and, wiring every possibly cranny in the bird 

 cage, transferred them thither. 



With the cage on my writing table it was difficult 

 to do any work, they were so cunning. Quite fear- 

 less and philosophic, after examining carefully every 

 nook and corner of their new abode, disdaining food 

 or water, they curled up against the side of the cage 

 close together, their broad tails over their eyes; 

 and there in a round ball they stayed until I put them 

 out of doors at nine o'clock. At an unusual noise up 

 would pop one sharp nose and open would come one 

 drowsy eye but only for a moment. Evidently their 

 nervous systems were in perfect condition, and day- 

 time to them meant slumber. 



The next morning by dint of poking gently with a 

 broad paper-cutter we induced them to enter a proper 

 squirrel cage. Once in the new quarters, each of them 

 woke up enough to investigate every separate cor- 

 ner of the new abode, even testing the wheel. Then 



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