CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. SQUIRRELS 1 



II. THE CHIPMUNK 15 



III. THE WOODCHUCK . .32 



IV. THE RABBIT AND THE HARE 38 



V. THE MUSKRAT . . 43 



VI. THE SKUNK 48 



VII. THE Fox . . . . 53 



VIII. THE WEASEL . 72 



IX. THE MINK .- .. 90 



X. THE RACCOON . 94 



XI. THE PORCUPINE . . 98 



XII. THE OPOSSUM .>.... . . 106 



XIII. WILD MICE . Ill 



XIV. GLIMPSES OF WILD LIFE 125 



XV. A LIFE OF FEAR 135 



INDEX 145 



