Note to Reader 
A HERO is an individual of unusual gifts 
I\ and achievements. Whether it be man 
or animal, this definition applies; and it is the 
histories of such that appeal to the imagination 
and to the hearts of those who hear them. 
In this volume every one of the stories, 
though more or less composite, is founded on 
the actual life of a veritable animal hero. 
The most composite is the White Reindeer. 
This story I wrote by Utrovand in Norway 
during the summer of r1goo, while the Rein- 
deer herds grazed in sight on the near uplands. 
The Lynx is founded on some of my own 
early experiences in the backwoods. 
It is less than ten years since the ‘Jack 
Warhorse’ won his hero-crown. Thousands 
of ** Kaskadoans’”’ will remember him, and by 
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