IN A WILD ANIMAL REPUBLIC 249 



Instances are not wanting in which stage roads 

 and even hotel lobbies have been visited by strange 

 guests; but, as a rule, the animals must be sought 

 in their native haunts. 



HERE THE MOUNTAIN LION PROWLS 



as he did before Columbus blundered on America. 

 The lynx mounts a log, arches its back and gives 

 forth youghs and calls that would make a domestic 

 cat die of envy. The wolverine prowls in search 

 of its dinner, feeling certain that its food conceals 

 no cruel trap. 



THE PINE MARTIN AND THE FISHER 



no longer dread to crawl under a log for fear of 

 displacing a trigger and being crushed. 



THE BRIGHT EYED OTTER AND MINK 



look not for human enemies ; muskrats and beavers 

 build their winter homes practically undisturbed 

 by the trapper. Several varieties of foxes glide 

 noiselessly through the low bushes, unmolested by 

 hounds and men. 



BADGERS SPREAD THEIR WIDE BODIES 



to catch the genial rays of the sun. Beautifully 

 colored living marmots, or u rock chucks" run 

 ahead of your team along the rocky roadsides, or 

 peep at you from their fantastic castles, built of 



