. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders. Zoology. 252 FAMILIAR LIFE IN FIELD AND FOREST. In September the woodchuck sits by bis hole the perfect image of listlessness ; be is as absolutely mo- tionless as a " bump on a ; Possibly he medi- tates upon the changing aspect of Nature, at any rate he does not move a muscle, and it is doubtful whether his mind works. ^^ Approach him never so silently and ^^^^ cautiously and he pops in without a prelimi- nary movement. On one occasion, though, U^ I did actually see \ I him change his po- '^^ sition
. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders. Zoology. 252 FAMILIAR LIFE IN FIELD AND FOREST. In September the woodchuck sits by bis hole the perfect image of listlessness ; be is as absolutely mo- tionless as a " bump on a ; Possibly he medi- tates upon the changing aspect of Nature, at any rate he does not move a muscle, and it is doubtful whether his mind works. ^^ Approach him never so silently and ^^^^ cautiously and he pops in without a prelimi- nary movement. On one occasion, though, U^ I did actually see \ I him change his po- '^^ sition before he dis- IP" appeared. At first he was upright, then on my nearer ap- proach he dropped horizontally, and when I got to within ten feet of him he was gone. Pres- ently I took a harmonicon from my pocket and played softly upon it; being highly susceptible to the sweet influences of music he reappeared at his doorstep, and, with a slight expression of disturbance on his usually dull countenance, eyed me with some curiosity and disapproval. I imagined if he pos- sessed the power of speech he would have said, " This may be quite a clever performance, sir, but. ' Thp perfect image o£ ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938; Underwood, William Lyman, 1864-1929, phot. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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