. St. Nicholas [serial] . A few older naturalists have recorded obser-vations of a woodchuck up a tree, but in mostcases only when closely pressed by some pur-suing dog or person, and even then it is alwaysmentioned as a very rare event. In that interesting book Being a Boy, byCharles Dudley Warner, there is a photo-graphic illustration by Clifton Johnson of thefarmer-boy watching a woodchuck up a tree, he would nt have hesitated to distort factsand make the trunk of the tree perpendicular,if he had nt evidently thought that there weresome things too much for the boys to s a fact th
. St. Nicholas [serial] . A few older naturalists have recorded obser-vations of a woodchuck up a tree, but in mostcases only when closely pressed by some pur-suing dog or person, and even then it is alwaysmentioned as a very rare event. In that interesting book Being a Boy, byCharles Dudley Warner, there is a photo-graphic illustration by Clifton Johnson of thefarmer-boy watching a woodchuck up a tree, he would nt have hesitated to distort factsand make the trunk of the tree perpendicular,if he had nt evidently thought that there weresome things too much for the boys to s a fact that woodchucks do climb treeseven voluntarily, and yet it s a fact in theestimation of a country boy very close to myth-land. I know our young friend to be a carefuland reliable observer. He had the pleasure ofa sight that I never have had, notwithstandingboyhood days on a farm where woodchuckswere very plentiful. Have you or any of yourfriends ever seen a woodchuck up a tree? 1134 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. [ LARGE GREEN CATERPILLAR COVERED WITH TINYWHITE COCOONS. On under side of grape-vine leaf. interesting cocoons in a queer place. Dorchester, St. Nicholas : I want to tell you what Ifound this summer. I am very much interested inbutterflies and insects, and as I was watching somebeetles, I found, on a grape-leaf, a large green back was completely covered with very small white cocoons. On closer *>
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