> Landed gentry kept grays in cages [...] A Mr. Brocklehurst, who had brought over gray squirrels from America, released two on his property near Cheshire in ce

> Landed gentry kept grays in cages [...] A Mr. Brocklehurst, who had brought over gray squirrels from America, released two on his property near Cheshire in central England. > Parker had said he wanted me to shoot the squirrel — that grays were in Britain was, after all, my fault as an American — and I did not want to. I'd say it's more the fault of the squeamish toff standing next to him, given that his ancestors may well have been among the original importers of the greys.