. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. >9G THE SQUIJJEEL U f k i* l-yt! f hi- ' " I;" 11 â. wpll iLn^ ' ^ 'â¢' t^/^'-'^.t'^^the annual until it has ascended an isolated tree, or by a well-dn-ected shower of missiles, to drive it into such a place of refuge, and tlien to IWn a r ng round the ree, so as to interce,>t the Squirrel if it should try t"o escape by cap, Sm irroT'"""l '",'' ''"""'"? ^" "'V^'^'^^" ''''â '^'^^ ^''^ ^'"^^^'^^' ^^ "in se
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. >9G THE SQUIJJEEL U f k i* l-yt! f hi- ' " I;" 11 â. wpll iLn^ ' ^ 'â¢' t^/^'-'^.t'^^the annual until it has ascended an isolated tree, or by a well-dn-ected shower of missiles, to drive it into such a place of refuge, and tlien to IWn a r ng round the ree, so as to interce,>t the Squirrel if it should try t"o escape by cap, Sm irroT'"""l '",'' ''"""'"? ^" "'V^'^'^^" ''''â '^'^^ ^''^ ^'"^^^'^^' ^^ "in sent in chai 7 loZn ;r;, .n 'T""'' ^'l ^'^^"^tly shaking the branches, to force the little animal a Squiriel trora a branch, especially as the little creature takes refti/e on the topn os and most slender boughs wliich even bend under the weight of its own small todrS can in no way be trusted 'with the weight of a human being. By dint, however, of perseverance, the Squirrel is at last dislodged, and comes to the ground as lightly as a snowllake. Hats, caps, sticks, and all available missiles are im- mediately thing at the luckless animal as soon as it touches the ground, and it is veiy probably struck and overwhelmed by a cap. The successful hurler flings him- self upon the cap, and tries to seize the Sc^uirrel as it lies under his property. All his gather round him, and great is the disaiipointment to find the cap empty, and to see the Squirrel triumphantly scampering up the trunk of some tree, where it would be useless to follow it. During the hotter horn's of the beiâyâ asl».â in it, lofty âo,t; but iâ ,l,c .;" Xti, ^J^ZZi tho view ot any oâe i»,,iâg âu,hv tlic trâ¢, «âd is oât âr the iv^ch llCm-dmnZ â Jou^n, out IS alua}.', admirably concealed irom sight. In form it is nenrlv m.],oT,Vnl ;.,l IS made o leaves, moss, grass, and other subsFances, wov^ to4 S in so "^^^^^^ conSrsi nrt^^inrl &q
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