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Concord, Mass.
1897.
Nov. 3
(No 4)
branches during its descent. How the Squirrels
managed to escape falling with it is a mystery
but just as it started one ran out and
after it had got well under way I saw
the other hanging by on four aw only but
that seemed to be quite enough for he almost
immediately recovered himself and got back
on the upper side of the branch. They both
took the loss of their house very coolly
although literally not a single fragment of
it remained in place. Some few of the
twigs had lodged came down & those
the Squirrels visited and inspected in turn
but they showed no disposition to replace
any of them.