IO BOOK OF NATURAL HISTORY. 
up the trunk of a tall fir-tree 
lay hid among the thick 
branches. Next day, I gath- 
ered all my nuts except a few 
on the top branches, which 
I left for the squirrel, or the 
dormouse, or the nuthatch, 
whichever should be the first 
to come. The squirrel had 
some, I know, for I found 
under the trees some halves of 
split shells. The dormouse 
had some, because some of the 
shells had round holes nibbled 
through them ; and the nut- 
hatch had a share, because I 
saw the pretty bird busily at 
work cracking them. The 
