. Birds and nature . upthe hill any more do we give it up forthat day. In summer we enjoythe same sport,too. How? Oh, all we want is a clay-bank with a good muddy surface, anddown we go to turn a somersault intothe water of the creek below. Shoot-ing the chutes you little people wouldcall it, I suppose, though we call it ourslide. Our homes are always on the banksof a stream. We begin to burrow threeor four feet below the surface of thewater, forming a tunnel which leads toa chamber in the bank high and is called our den and we line itwith grass and live very comfortably. Being a hunt
. Birds and nature . upthe hill any more do we give it up forthat day. In summer we enjoythe same sport,too. How? Oh, all we want is a clay-bank with a good muddy surface, anddown we go to turn a somersault intothe water of the creek below. Shoot-ing the chutes you little people wouldcall it, I suppose, though we call it ourslide. Our homes are always on the banksof a stream. We begin to burrow threeor four feet below the surface of thewater, forming a tunnel which leads toa chamber in the bank high and is called our den and we line itwith grass and live very comfortably. Being a hunted animal our senses arevery acute. When on land we arealways on the alert and, at the approachof danger, down we go into the waterand hide in our dens. After sunset wego out to fish. We beat the surface ofthe water with our tails and frightenthe scaly fellows so that they seekrefuge under stones or in holes in thebank. Then we catch our Fish. Fora change we eat Crabs, Frogs, andsometimes small birds. 140 t ■-^^mt.
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