1906
June 1
(No 2)
while the tail part remained motionless. Immediately
after this a Deer Mouse ran out of the hole
where the Snake's head had been and climbed into the
very top of the tree. Although of nearly full size
it looked like a young animal & it was evidently
very much frightened & somewhat confused perhaps
by the strong sunlight. Scarcely had it disappeared
among the foliage than the Snake again showed
his head at the opening. He had another Mouse
exactly resembling the first in his mouth and
had already swallowed its head & most of the
body. Before I left the place all but the tail
and hind feet had disappeared down the Snake's
throat. The holes just mentioned were about
a foot apart in the side of a nearly horizontal
section of the trunk. Neither of them was
much more than large enough to admit any
foreigner. One would think a Mouse safe in
such a retreat but the Snake can go anywhere
apparently. The apple tree was not an old, decayed
one but a very vigorous & nearly sound tree. 
  The yelping call like that of a young hound
is coming from the meadow across the road as
I write these lines: I have heard it a
dozen times or more during the past hour (8 - 9 P.M.)
mingling with the voices of Garden Toads &
Tree Toads. It must be the note of some
Batrachian I think.