CONTENTS. I ] 



CHAPTER III. 



A STEP-CHILD OF NATURE. 



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Mexican Mountain-Forests The Mono Espectro Voices of the 

 Wilderness Dog-day Siesta A Daylight Owl The Tardo Ne- 

 gro A Chase in the Tree-tops Constitutional Stoicism The 

 Better Part of Valor An Awkward Predicament Frugal Habits 

 A Child of the Air Arboreal Mammals Euphorbia-Trees A 

 Hairy Hamadryad Four-footed Trappists A Vital Problem 

 The Crime of Helplessness Adventure of a Lumberman Martes 

 torquatus Chicken-Thieves Mischief-Joy Life under Difficul- 

 ties The Tarda Morena In Articulo Mortis A Sleepless Crea- 

 ture Survivors of the Fern- Age The Spotted Sloth A Three- 

 legged Pensioner Grunts et prseterea nihil A Freak of Nature 

 Imperturbable Stoicism A Philosopher of the Horatian School 

 Cinderella A Strange Pet Abusing Good-Nature Precocious 

 Egotism Nostalgia Universal Instincts Non-resistance The 

 Wisdom of Compensating Nature Secrets of Happiness . . 79 



CHAPTER IV. 



SECRETIVENESS. 



Rudimentary Instincts Their Natural Development The Faculty 

 of Direction Hunting under Water The Simia Destructor and 

 his Four-footed Rivals Phrenological Indications The Skull of 

 a Weasel The Hiding-Faculty Artful Dodgers Nest-Hiding 

 Bears and Birds The Orchard Oriole Birds Fooling their Pur- 

 suers Instincts of Young Birds Impromptu Hiding-Place An 

 Astonished Fox- Hunter Procul de Jove Outwitting his Landlord 

 Raccoons and Muskrats What becomes of Dead Animals 

 Secretiveness in Articulo Mortis A Lost Pet Where they found 

 Him Night- Walkers The Ghost Hour Mysteries of a Poultry- 

 House Night Visions Migratory Birds Their Favorite Routes 

 Nocturnal Wanderers Paso del Norte Plenty Room higher up 



