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INDEX 



Fox, silver-gray, 67. 



Foxhound, baying of, 55, 56 ; the 



chase of the fox, 56, 62, 64-68; 



moisture of his nose, 67. 



Hare, northern or varying, haunts 

 of, 38, 42 ; habits of, 41, 42 ; 

 tracks in the snow, 42 ; two 

 suits of fur, 42, 140 ; pursuit 

 and capture by a lynx, 141. 



Lynx, 141. 



Mink, eating a muskrat, 47 ; 

 tracks in the snow, 90, 91, 93 ; 

 encounter with a fox, 90, 91 ; an 

 enemy of the muskrat, 91 ; 

 an encounter with a dog and a 

 mysterious disappearance, 91, 

 92 ; as an eater of fish, 92 ; gait 

 of, 93. 



Mouse, jumping, habits of, 120 ; a 

 captive, 121-124. 



Mouse, meadow, life beneath the 

 snow, 115, 116 ; a bold swim- 

 mer, 116, 117. 



Mouse, white-footed or deer, 

 beauty of. 111 ; easily captured, 

 111; haunts of, 111; hoarding 

 habits of. 111, 112; thwarting 

 a piratical red squirrel, 112, 

 113; in the beehive, 113, 114; 

 reducing a shawl to its original 

 elements, 113, 114; seven in a 

 trap, 114 ; tunnels and tracks 

 -in the snow, 114, 115 ; a female 

 with young, 117, 118; an at- 

 tempt to assist a friend in dis- 

 tress, 118, 119. 



Muskrat, nest-building of, 43-47 ; 



burrows of, 47 ; winter activity 

 of, 47 ; devoured by a mink, 47 ; 

 a doorway visit, 126, 127. 



Opossum, 98 ; tracks in the snow, 

 106 ; extending its range, 106 ; 

 foot of, 106 ; a captive, 106- 

 108 ; skin said to be fetid, 108 ; 

 young of, 108, 109; under the 

 study floor, 109, 110. 



Partridge, 125, 126. 



Porcupine, increasing In abun- 

 dance, 98 ; a fight with an eagle, 

 98 ; quills as weapons of de- 

 fense, 99-101 ; on Slide Moim- 

 tain, 101-105 ; stupidity of, 103 ; 

 sound made by, 104 ; propen- 

 sity for gnawing, 105. 



Rabbit, gray, haunts of, 38 ; under 

 the study floor, 38; nest and 

 young of, 39, 40 ; winter fare 

 of, 41, 125 ; a captive, 132-134; 

 her life full of fear, 140 ; a 

 tragedy revealed by the snow, 

 140 ; stupidity of, 141. 



Raccoon, reappearance after hi- 

 bernation, 94 ; a fight with the 

 farm-dog, 94, 95 ; fighting qual- 

 ities of, 95 ; coon-huuting, 96, 

 97 ; ravages in the corn-field, 

 96 ; a captive, 127, 128 ; cour- 

 age of, 139. 



Rat, pursued by a weasel, 83, 84. 



Shrew, 119, 120. 

 Shrike, 27, 28. 



Skunk, tracks in the snow, 48,' 

 awakening from hibernation. 



