r^ BOUT a score of chipmunks have their homes 

 V^y in my yard. They are deHghtfuUy tame 

 and will climb upon my head or shoulder, eat 

 nuts from my hand, or go into my pockets after 

 them. At times three or four make it lively for 

 me. One day I stooped to give one some pea- 

 nuts. While he was standing erect and taking 

 them from my fingers, a strange dog appeared. 

 At once all the chipmunks in the yard gave a 

 chattering, scolding alarm-cry and retreated to 

 their holes. The one I was feeding dashed up 

 into my coat pocket. Standing up with fore 

 paws on the edge of the pocket, and with head 

 thrust out, he gave the dog a tempestuous scold- 

 ing. This same chipmunk often played upon 

 the back of Scotch, my collie. Occasionally he 

 stood erect on Scotch to sputter out an alarm- 

 cry and to look around when something aroused 

 his suspicions. 



Chipmunks are easily tamed and on short 

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