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remarkable in the choice of the nuts, which are in- 
variably found to be sound, whereas it is an utter 
impossibility, in selecting them for roasting, to pick 
up a batch that will not have a large portion of them 
unfit for use, the most smooth and polished frequently 
containing a large grub generated within. Even the 
wily Digger Indian, with all his craft and experience, 
is unable to arrive at anything like an unerring selec- 
tion, while in a large bagful that we took from the bark 
of our log there was not one containing the slightest 
germ of decay/ 
“ There are other species of woodpeckers,” said 
Miss Harson in conclusion, “ but none that are so 
well known as these ; and I think we shall all know 
a woodpecker now if we see or hear one.” 
Malcolm was quite sure that he should, and ex- 
pressed the intention of going to the woods very soon 
to look for that lively procession consisting of Downy, 
Titmouse and family, Nuthatch, and Brown Creeper. 
