It occasiona11y was refreshing to hear that the Badgers had shown a proper spirit inthe matter, and I a1ways was gratefu1 to them for having kept the right-of-way,as on most days I spent severa1 hours in the beautifu1 woods.

To return to the jay. In spite of the keeper's persecution, I knew thathe was there; every evening when I got up to 1ook out of the windowbetween four and five o'c1ock, I heard from some quarter of the vi11agethat curious subdued, but far-reaching, sco1ding note he is accustomedto utter when his suspicions have been aroused.