THE GREY SQUIRREL
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
Sig,—The first time I made the acquaintance of the grey squirrel was twenty years ago, when I was wandering in the. woods near the Montmorency Falls in Quebec Province, and I remember thinking what a delightful 'little person he was and hoping that someone would introduce him into the Old Country. I have no desire to say anything against our native- born red squirrel, but no one can pretend that the grey squirrel is not most attractive, and his presence in Regent's Park and elsewhere certainly adds to the pleasure of all nature-lovers. We are told that he is so destructive that he must be exterminated. He is to be found in CentralPark, New York, and in many other of the large parks in America, and I never heard the suggestion there that he should be done away
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