SQUIRRELS IN ST. JOHN'S WOOD, N.W.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.")
SIR,—Mr. W. E. Hoyle, contributor to Chambers's Encyclopaedia of the article on the squirrel, mentions the fact that this animal does not much appreciate soft fruit, but goes for the pips of apples and pears. Yesterday morning I saw a vigorous squirrel ascend- ing a large pear-tree in our small St. John's Wood garden. It quickly detached a fair-sized pear and sat nibbling it on a bough of the tree. Presently a large black cat came stealing inquisitively along the wall below. I possess a bull-terrier, and his moral influence (?) persuaded the cat to decamp. The squirrel, however, remained within the garden precincts for some little time. Many persons would no doubt be sceptical about this fact of being visited (not for the first time) by squirrels in a side road little more than three miles distant from Charing Cross.—I am, Sir, &c.,,
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