"Damsdale" 
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branches without so much as slipping in the least, as far 
as I could see. Often all three would be in the same tree 
at once. Two of them were continually engaged in chasing 
the third. Is it their mating season? They were exceedingly 
noisy, making a great variety of sounds none of which were 
familiar to me. One was a loud hue uttered at regular in¬ 
tervals and very bird-like in quality. Besides this, they 
gave frequently a low but penetrating squealing cry which 
was not unlike that of the Long-eared Owl. There were many 
other sounds which I cannot describe but which were mainly 
of a growling or whining character. 
From the bare ehestnuts they me.de their way through 
the tree-tops into a grove of white pines. Here their mad 
gambols ceased and they separated, one betaking himself to 
the very topmost shoot of a tall pine where he sat for a long 
time balancing on the slender spray, which bent under his 
weight, like a bird. I have rarely if ever had.so good an 
opportunity to watch Gray Squirrels before, at least in the 
North. These were very tame, allowing me to keep directly 
every 
beneath them although at any -step my foot broke through 
the crust with a loud crashing sound. Pratt tells me that 
he has seen nine Gray Squirrels in his elms at one time. He 
protects them on his farm. 
I spent much of the afternoon in studying Fox 
tracks. These animals appear to be literally swarming in 
this region. Their favorite hunting grounds are, evidently, 
