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upon a piece of wood ; his tail fervetli him inftead 
ofafail, lb fwitnming over, carrying his food in 
his mouth. She hath divers holes and caverns in 
the earth where fhe liveth, and each of thele hath 
feveral waies to it, which fte ftoppeth up with her 
, tail ; when the wind bloweth, if the wind is in the 
Norths fhc ftoppeth the hole towards the Norths 
and leaveth that hole open which is Southward* . 
Some tell us ( but how true I know not ) that he can 
fore- fee a ftorm, or any tempeftuous water, a long i 
while before it cometh, and will provide againlt 
it, ftopping up her little holes that lye to that 
point of the compafs that the tempeft will come ' 
at. He fheddeth his hair once every year, fome- ‘ 
times in the year he is almoft quite bald; yet he is 
not long without his hair; for when it groweth 
again (which k doth in a fliort time) he hath more 
than he had before. Squirrels are of two colours, 
fome of them are red, and others are grey; we' 
might deduce many inferences from the nature of 
this creature ; it might be a fit refemblance of a 
frugal man, he fecuring himfelf againft all mif- | 
chances of fortune, providing fuifable remedies : 
againft them; and this is not at fome particular | 
feafons only, but all his life long; thus Ihould the \ 
man that is frugal, obferving a mediocrity in all I 
things, never exceeding his due bounds, not being 
given to drinking, gaming, nor any thing elfe to 
excefs .• there are fome things in the nature of an 
■jlfie which we Ihould avoid, they only taking care 
for themfelves, alwaies either fleeping or eating, 
doing no good to no one but to themfelves. The 
