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NEVER having heard of the squirrel taking to the water, I send the following authentic communication. I had heard the story told by another person, and thinking it of sufficient interest I requested her to get it in detail from the lady under whose personal observation it had come. This the latter has most kindly complied with, and I forward it, trusting it may prove of interest to some of the readers of NATURE interested in the habits of animals. Loch Voil, in Perthshire, near Balquhidder, is about four miles in length, with a mean breadth of about one-third of a mile—a considerable extent of water for so small a rodent to face and cross, in search, I suppose, of new nutting grounds.
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GODWIN-AUSTEN, H. The Squirrel Crossing Water. Nature 23, 340 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/023340a0
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