xii CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PACK 



XXIV. WATER-BOATMEN AND BACK-SWIMMERS . . 127 



XXV. How INSECTS BREATHE . - . ':'. '!..-. . . 133 



XXVI. BROOKSIDE WILLOWS . sr ^ . . . .140 



XXVII. A HOME IN A WILLOW TREE . . . . 146 



XXVIII. THE ANTS' "Cow -SHED" .. . . . ." 152 



XXIX. THE HERMIT THRUSH . . . . .. * 157 



XXX. THE WALKING PARTY . ,. . . . . 160 



XXXI. OTHER PEDESTRIANS . . . . . . 165 



XXXII. SISTER ELLEN'S FISH STORY . . . . 170 



XXXIII. BROOK AND LAGOON . . . . . . 179 



XXXIV. IN OCTOBER . . . . . . . . 188 



XXXV. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE . . . . . 194 



XXXVI. A WINTER WALK . .... . , . . 201 



XXXVII. SKUNK CABBAGE . . . . . ; . . 208 



XXXVIII. ALONG THE BROOK IN MARCH . . . . 213 



XXXIX. SOLDIER, SOLDIER! . . ,. . ... 220 



XL. A RAINY DAY . . . /- ... 223 



XLI. THE BROOK'S TOOLS AND ITS WORK . . 231 



