CONTENTS 

 CHAPTER VI 



CHAPTER X 



THE BEA: 

 Raccoons and 'Coon-hunting. 



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ANIMAL TRAINING AND ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE . . .157 

 Observations upon Animals in Menageries. 



CHAPTER VII 



A WOODLAND CODGER . . .- . . .186 



The Canada and other American Porcupines. 



CHAPTER VIII 



THE SKUNK, CALMLY CONSIDERED ..... 209 

 With Special Reference to his Means of Defence. 



CHAPTER IX 

 A NATURAL NEW ENGLANDER ...... 25I 



The Woodchuck, Groundhog, or Maryland Marmot. 



A LITTLE BROTHER OF THE BEAR 272 



