Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 88
occasionally collectedin immense numbers, and indulged in a grandmigration, usually eastward or southward, de-vouring so much corn and wheat en route thatthe farmers always killed as many of them aspossible. In 1819 Audubon encountered anarmy of these squirrels swimming the OhioRiver about one… … THE GRAY SQUIRREL AND ITS SUMMER NEST. (Sci-it rus Car-o-li-nensis Car-o-li-nc?£sis) squirrels as pets; but outside a good stoutcage I never liked them very much. They aretoo nervous and irritable, too ready to bite orscratch, and far too ready to gnaw things thatin your opinion do not need to be…
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