CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I A WILDERNESS IN NEW YORK CITY 3 



II ALONE IN A ROOM FULL OF RATS. . . 13 



III HAIRY-TAILED PACK RATS 33 



IV JIM THE TRAPPER OF LAKE CHELAN. 52 

 V A TRIBE OF GNAWERS AND THEIR 



FOOD '66 



VI THE, BATS I HAVE HAD 89 



VII Do MEN THINK? 98 



VIII BIRDS AND INSECTS THAT WILL TAKE 



AN ARTIFICIAL FLY 112 



IX A GREAT NOSE 129 



X THE OLD UPTOWN AQUARIUM 138 



XI THE FIRST LIVE MusK-Ox EVER 



SEEN IN NEW YORK 144 



XII THE DEER I SHOULD NOT HAVE 



KILLED 151 



XIII LAND OF ETERNAL SNOW 162 



XIV CHARGED BY A HERD OF BUFFALO. . . . 171 

 XV THE STORY OF FAUST AND MARGUE- 



RIPE 188 



XVI CAPTURING WILD ANIMALS WITH 



NAKED HANDS 204 



XVII "BLACK" WHALE CAPTURED BY AMA- 



GANSETT FlSHERFOLK. . 212 



