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My Wood. 



soil he works in, always manages to „ turn up such 

 deliciously soft powdery earth ? 



My wood is not always so silent as it has been 

 to-day. Alas, no ! It is a great harbour for rabbits, 

 which find the rich undergrowth a protection. Periodi- 



SQUIRRELS. 



cally there are rabbitings here, which usually yield a 

 good result. Then all the normal life of the wood 

 seems to be disturbed, paralysed. Not only the hunted 

 rabbits, but the birds are scared, and go flying wildly 

 in all directions ; and the squirrels go bounding off 

 from tree to tree to the furthest corner; the jays 



