NATURE STUDY 
PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF TPIE 
Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences. 
Vou. II. January, 1902. No. 8. 
The Friendly Chipmunk. 
BY EDWARD H. FOGG. 
It was in the summer of ’98, while sojourning about the 
shores of that beautiful sheet of water, called by the red 
men “ The Smile of the Great Spirit,” the writer had his 
first experience in making the intimate acquaintance of 
the striped squirrel (Tamias striatus), commonly known 
as the chipmunk. .It was after many trials and failures 
that he succeeded in so far gaining the confidence of two, 
that they ate readily from his hand, placed on or near the 
ground. A third came occasionally, but the first two 
seemed to believe in the old saying that “ two is company 
and three a crowd.” Trouble usually ensued, the result 
being that numbers counted and the crowd was dispersed. 
To those who know the peculiar sensation of holding a 
“wild ” animal or bird in the hand, this article will ap¬ 
peal strongly, and to those who have not had that pleas¬ 
ure I would say that you can do it also, if you only go 
about it in the right manner. It has all the excitement of 
a game of chance, with the added charm of being out in 
the free air and sunshine. It requires some time and pa¬ 
tience, for your advances must be very gradual. Chippy 
