LITTLE BEASTS OF FIELD AND WOOD 



of chopping and the crash of falling trees, and 

 glad to find any retreat away from so rude a 

 world. Perhaps it was only half awakened from 

 its winter's sleep, and dozed off again as soon as it 

 found itself finally ensconced in the depths of the 

 pocket, to be aroused later by the heat of the fire. 

 I cannot help wondering what finally became of 

 it, and just how much of an impression the ad- 

 venture made upon its sleepy little brain, or 

 whether it took it all as a matter of course, to be 

 forgotten as soon as it was fairly back in the 

 trees again. Perhaps I have run across some 

 of its descendants in the woods or caught them in 

 box-traps without mistrusting that their ancestor 

 and mine had once been on such very intimate 

 terms. 



I have never at any time seen a flying squirrel 

 abroad in the day time of its own free-will, even 

 in the darkest weather, and should not hesitate to 

 class it as wholly nocturnal in its habits, although, 

 when routed out in the daylight and compelled 



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