. St. Nicholas [serial] . the corners of the wide end of the board. Itshould be the same size as the back board, andis placed there to support the wire cloth of whichthe cage is made. Small holes are made in thebase-board with an awl; the ends of the wirecloth are slipped into them and bent over. Theedges of the cloth are tacked to the back boardand wired to the 3-sided wire frame at the oppo-site end. A wire-screen door can be hung onhinges which may be soldered to the galvanizedcloth; and with straight wires or wire cloth anexercising cylinder can be made with woodenor tin ends and supported
. St. Nicholas [serial] . the corners of the wide end of the board. Itshould be the same size as the back board, andis placed there to support the wire cloth of whichthe cage is made. Small holes are made in thebase-board with an awl; the ends of the wirecloth are slipped into them and bent over. Theedges of the cloth are tacked to the back boardand wired to the 3-sided wire frame at the oppo-site end. A wire-screen door can be hung onhinges which may be soldered to the galvanizedcloth; and with straight wires or wire cloth anexercising cylinder can be made with woodenor tin ends and supported between the back ofthe cage and the wedge-shaped FIG. 12. A DOUBLE SQUIRREL-HOUSE. The squirrel-house (Fig. 12) is constructedin the same manner as the cage, but it has theadvantage of a covered shelter at one end of thebase-board. This is made from a tin cracker-box with the lid removed and inverted so that the bottom acts as the roof. In one side an ovalopening is cut, and a wire screen is fastened toit at the inside. The wire cylinder is 7 inches in diameter and12 inches long — quite large enough for twosquirrels to run a race in at the same time. REPTILE-PENS. The lizard-run shown in Fig. 13 is madefrom a wooden shoe-case, open at the front,on top of which a smaller box is mountedand connected with the lower one by means
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