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ally. Later in the season, when the drouths 
come on, the earthworms go deeper, and so do the 
moles. 
“ The mole’s ravenous appetite makes it an ex¬ 
cessive drinker. It must have water. For this 
reason, if there is a brook or stream in the vicin¬ 
ity, one of his galleries runs to it. If water is not 
to be had in this way, the clever little chap digs 
his own wells, here and there at convenient inter¬ 
vals in his subways. 
“ Some people claim that moles break their 
furious pace with rest, turn and turn about: thus 
three hours’ work, then three hours’ rest. I do 
not know about this, but I do know they are al¬ 
ways to be found hard at it about sun-up, again 
around eleven o’clock, about one o’clock p. m., 
and then in the evening about sunset. But you 
will need to approach with caution if you expect 
to catch one at work. The little creatures have no 
eyes worth mentioning; they have little use for 
sight in their darkened tunnels. But Nature has 
endowed them with a wonderful power of smell¬ 
ing and hearing. The least sound and not only 
do all motions cease, but the little worker, know¬ 
ing perhaps how well he merits punishment, dives 
at once into one of his winding galleries and hur¬ 
ries away. It is no trick to take one, if you can 
steal up unawares, armed with a trowel and a 
hoe. Stick the trowel into the passage just be- 
