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The muskrats have built higher than common this 



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Their paper fort . . . had by September grown to 

 the dimensions of a water-bucket and contained 

 a prodigious swarm of valiant fighters .... 34 



There are other feathered folk who seem to delight 



in the cold 118 



Here in a little tangle of tiny undergrowth and 

 brown leaves, with a fallen trunk for overhead 

 shelter, you might find him any forenoon . . . 132 



You may . . . get a glimpse of the weasel-like head 

 of one lifted above the bank as he sniffs the 

 breeze for game and enemies 160 



He lifted his head high, fluffed out those glossy 



black neck feathers and strutted 179 



He was in and out again in a jiffy 182 



