CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. COASTING OFF THE ROOF OF THE WORLD . 3 



II. HUNTING ANIMALS OF PAST AGES . . 19 



III. CELEBRATING GROUND-HOG DAY ... 37 



IV. PIRATES IN THE MOUNTAINS .... 55 

 V. TRAVELLING WITH A BEAVER .... 70 



VI. CAMPING ON THE PLAINS 81 



VII. THE LION PLAYS SOFT PEDAL. . . . 103 



VIII. FOLLOWING A CONCEALED TRAIL . . . 118 



IX. THE HAPPY-GO-LUCKY BLACK BEAR . . 129 



X. A COLLIE IN THE DESERT 136 



XL A WILD THOROUGHBRED 149 



XII. A BLIND GUIDE 160 



XIII. TRAMP DAYS OF GRIZZLY CUBS . . . 172 



XIV. SNOWSLIDES FROM START TO FINISH . . 183 

 XV. BILL McCLAiN PROSPECTOR . . . 198 



XVI. AN OPEN SEASON ON NATURE STORIES . 209 



XVII. NATURE GUIDING AT HOME .... 226 



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