CONTENTS. 



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A REST BY THE BROOKSIDE 8 



HARBINGERS OF SPRING , . . . 9 



Two FOPS AMONG THE FISHES 19 



SNAKES 27 



A FEATHERED MIDGET AND ITS NEST 75 



MID-SUMMER ALONG THE OLD CANAL 82 



THE IRON-WEED 91 



TEN INDIANA CAVES AND THE ANIMALS WHICH INHABIT 



THEM 99 



A DAY IN A TAMARACK SWAMP 179 



MID-AUTUMN ALONG THE OLD CANAL 189 



KATYDIDS AND THEIR KIN 197 



WEEDS IN GENERAL AND OUR WORST WEEDS IN PARTICULAR. 245 



TWELVE-WINTER BIRDS 253 



I low PLANTS AND ANIMALS SPEND THE WINTER 313 



A SEEKER AFTER GOLD. . 335 



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