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creatures at home. Our cat brings a mouse, and 

 shows the kitten how to catch it. One often sees 

 a thrush on our lawn teaching the young one to 

 look out for worms. The great interest in this 

 book lies in the study of this same education 

 going on in the wildest and most inaccessible 

 places of the earth. The best means of whetting 

 the reader's appetite is to give a few quotations. 

 I will now go through the chapters seriatim, and 

 as far as space will permit give a specimen or 

 two here and there : 



Two YOUNG FAWNS. 



" What the Fawns Must Know " is the title of 

 Chapter I. Under a fallen tree two young fawns 

 only a few days old are found lying very still 

 and frightened just where their mother had hid- 

 den them when she went away. " Their beautiful 

 heads were a study for an artist . . . and their 

 great soft eyes had a questioning innocence as 

 they met yours that went straight to yours." 

 After petting them to his heart's content they 

 staggered out up to their feet, and came out of 

 their house. Their mother had told them to stay, 

 but here was another big, kind animal whom 

 they might trust. 



"They were still licking my hands, nestling 

 close against me, when a twig snapped faintly 

 far behind us . . there was a swift rustle in the 



