acquaintance will come to eat from one's hand. 

 Often they come into my cabin for food or for 

 paper to use for bedding. Occasionally one will 

 sit erect upon my knee or shoulder, sometimes 

 looking off intently into the yard ; at other times 

 apparently seeing nothing, but wrapped in medi- 

 tation. More often, however, they are storing 

 peanuts in their pouches or deliberately eating a 

 kernel. Rarely is the presence of one agreeable 

 to another, and when four or five happen to call 

 at the same time, they sometimes forget their 

 etiquette and I am the centre of a chipmunk 

 scrimmage. 



Once five callers came, each stringing in be- 

 hind another. Just as the fifth came in the door, 

 there was a dispute among the others and one 

 started to retreat. Evidently he did not want 

 to go, for he retreated away from the open door. 

 As number two started in pursuit of him, num- 

 ber three gave chase to number two. After 

 them started number four, and the fifth one 

 after all the others. The first one, being closely 

 pressed and not wanting to leave the room, ran 

 round the centre table, and in an instant all 



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