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take the nuts from his hand, then to run over his body and 
extract them from pockets or other places of concealment. 
I have seen him work his way with considerable persever¬ 
ance into a closed hand, to obtain a nut which he knew 
was there. Gradually he was coaxed to visit the piazza, 
and even to venture inside the house. He would take food 
from any member of the party who would show a little pa¬ 
tience in gaining his confidence. 
I was sitting in a chair on the piazza one day, when he 
made several trips to my lap, jumped from my shoulder to 
a near-by hammock, in which a lady was reclining, ran 
across her chest to the piazza railing, and thence down to 
his home with his load of nuts. When the supply of nuts 
was exhausted he did not disdain oats, a goodly quantity 
of which he stored away in his larder, which must have 
been, indeed, well filled. 
Several excellent photographs of him were taken, once 
while sitting on Mrs. Walker’s hand, and another in a 
similar position in Miss Hattie Merrill’s hand. Many 
happy hours were passed in his company, and we hope to 
renew his acquaintance next summer. Of one fact we feel 
assured—that he had a sufficient quantity of food stored 
away to support a good-sized family during the winter. 
IyiEEiAN G. Buttock, M. D. 
Manchester, N. H., Jan 20, 1902. 
These, with a soothed or elevated heart, 
May we behold ; their knowledge register ; 
Observe their ways ; and, free from envy, find 
Complacence there but wherefore this to you ? 
I guess that, welcome to your lonely hearth, 
The redbreast, ruffled up by winter’s cold 
Into a ‘ feathery bunch,’ feeds at your hand : 
A box, perchance, is from your casement hung 
For the small wren to build in. 
— The Excursion. 
