. Wild animals at home [microform]. Animals; Zoology; Animaux; Zoologie. Tlie RAf>bitB and thefr Habits hay, the Coney, with his kind, goes warily from his stronghold in ihe rocks to the nearest stretch of herbage, and there cuts as much as he can carry of the richest growths; then laden with a bundle as big as himself, and very much longer, he makes for the rocks, and on some flat open place spreads the herbage out to be cured for his winter hay. Out in full blaze of the sun he leave it, and if some inconsiderate rock comes in between, to cast a shadow on his hay a-curing, he moves the one
. Wild animals at home [microform]. Animals; Zoology; Animaux; Zoologie. Tlie RAf>bitB and thefr Habits hay, the Coney, with his kind, goes warily from his stronghold in ihe rocks to the nearest stretch of herbage, and there cuts as much as he can carry of the richest growths; then laden with a bundle as big as himself, and very much longer, he makes for the rocks, and on some flat open place spreads the herbage out to be cured for his winter hay. Out in full blaze of the sun he leave it, and if some inconsiderate rock comes in between, to cast a shadow on his hay a-curing, he moves the one that is easiest to move; he never neglects his hay. When dry enough to be safe, he packs it away into his bam, the bam being a sheltered crevice in the rocks where the weather cannot harm it, and where it will continue good until the winter time, when otherwise there would be a sad pinch of famine in the Coney world. The trappers say that they can tell whether the winter w:Ul be hard or open by the amount of food stored up in the Coney barns. Many a one of these I have examined in the mountains of British Coltmibia and Colorado, as weU as in the Park. The quantity <rf hay in them varies from what might fill a peck measure to what would make a huge armful. Among the food plants used, I found many species of grass, thistle, meadow-rue, peavine, heath, and the loives of z68. 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 Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946. Toronto : W. Briggs
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