Concord, Mass.
1914.
March 17
to
May 31
(No 13)

when he instantly wheeled and fled back towards the woods.
She pursued with amazing speed, covering the ground by an
unbroken succession of long, graceful bounds and going at least
two feet to his one. Overtaken before the nearest tree could 
be reached he dodged her once successfully by a sudden turn
but she scarce overshot him then and caught him only a
second or two later. For perhaps half a minute later there was
a confused & animated struggle difficult to trace, during which
the Cat seemed to roll over & over with the Squirrel sometimes
uppermost & fighting as best he could for life. It was soon
over when the Cat rose to her feet and trotted off into the
woods holding the Squirrel in her mouth and carrying her
head high & proudly. As far as I could make out
the Squirrel was then quite dead but his fine, bushy tail
was kept waving to & fro either by the Cat's movement or by wind.
Why he had failed to notice her before entering the field is difficult
to understand.