We gave these Indian prisoners some game, a couple of gray Squirrels, and three doves, all of which, in California, are accounted delicious dainties.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot
There were Squirrels, too, darting from bough to bough of the beech-trees; and rabbits innumerable, with white-tipped tails, disappearing into their various holes.
"Girls of the Forest"
L. T. Meade
You can lie out under the trees, and the birds come and sing to you, and the Squirrels run about.
"In Wild Rose Time"
Amanda M. Douglas