Western field . GREY SQUIRRELS. Black squirrels and grey ones made heretheir homes, in numbers th^t would be quitesurprising to those who know them onlyin these latter days of civilization, when theylive mainly in the heavier woods and could 322 MlJSTEHN FIELD hardly exist in such light and open coveras that of the oak openings. Yet forty yearsago there was scarcely a tree without oneof their nests, hardly a day when the sharp squit-s quits quit could not be heard inany direction, while down almost any avenueof green the bushy tail might be seen whisk-ing over the grass, and on cold winter day
Western field . GREY SQUIRRELS. Black squirrels and grey ones made heretheir homes, in numbers th^t would be quitesurprising to those who know them onlyin these latter days of civilization, when theylive mainly in the heavier woods and could 322 MlJSTEHN FIELD hardly exist in such light and open coveras that of the oak openings. Yet forty yearsago there was scarcely a tree without oneof their nests, hardly a day when the sharp squit-s quits quit could not be heard inany direction, while down almost any avenueof green the bushy tail might be seen whisk-ing over the grass, and on cold winter daysmight be seen outstretched on some big limbwhere its owner was taking his THE BUSHY TAIL MIGHT BK SKEN WHISKING. Many a line of flickering white showedwhere the hare was dodging away among thetall spires of the snap dragon or sun-flowers,and in the heavier brush along the edge ofthe forest the great Northern hare plied hisbig bushy foot or from his white coat, almostinvisible against the snow, showed but hiseye of sparkling jet. There were many modifications of thesegroups of oaks so that it was sometimes hardto say whether they were openings or is a bench or table of land along theedge of some river valley. In the bottom,sycamore and cpttonwood struggled withthe elm and soft maple for the comes a strip of meadow brightly greenwith waving blue joint and gay with the
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