ILLUSTRATIONS 



A MOTHER SPIDER WITH HER SACK OF EGGS 



THE FATHER STICKLEBACK ON GUARD . . . . . 



CALIFORNIA MURRE "WITH THREATENING BEAK WATCHED 



THE TWO MEN COME ON" 75 



'PETRELS "SKIMMING THE HEAVING SEA LIKE SWALLOWS" 80 

 RIDING THE RIM ROCK " NECK AND NECK WITH A BIG 



WHITE STEER" 97 



SASSAFRAS 105 



DEADLY NIGHTSHADE 106 



. POISON SUMACH 107 



'POISON IVY 108 



VIRGINIA CREEPER 109 



THE DEADLY MUSHROOMS 110 



POKE BERRIES Ill 



THE CONY, OR PIKA 116 



AUTUMN 



"THE WILD GEESE ARE PASSING SOUTHWARD" . . Facing 1 

 " TO-DAY is THE NOON OF THE YEAR" .... Facing 4 



"OVER THE HILL IN A WHIRLWIND OF DUST AND HOWLS" 



Facing 18 



"HERE I FOUND HIM KEEPING HOUSE" .... Facing 24 

 A SILKY SKEIN OF COBWEB 30 



,"A WILD CREATURE THAT WON'T GET OUT OF YOUR WAY" 



Facing 32 



iPYXIE 32 



FIELD OF CORN IN THE SHOCK 33 



THE WINGED, AND PLUMED, AND BALLOONED SEEDS . . 34, 35 



