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CONTENTS 



XXX. September Days 143 



XXXI. A Plea for the Unprotected 148 



XXXII. The Skunk 154 



XXXIII. A Camp-Fire run Wild ... 158 



XXXIV. The Dead Camp-Fire .... 163 

 XXXV. October Days 168 



XXXVI. A Common Experience ... 172 



XXXVII. The Red Squirrel 178 



XXXVIII. The Ruffed Grouse .... 182 



XXXIX. Two Shots 189 



XL. November Days 196 



XLI. The Muskrat 201 



XLII. November Voices 205 



XLIII. Thanksgiving 208 



XLIV. December Days 211 



XLV. Winter Voices 216 



XLVI. The Varying Hare 219 



XLVII. The Winter Camp-Fire ... 224 



XLVIII. January Days 229 



XLIX. A New England Woodpile . 235 



L. A Century of Extermination 251 



LI. The Persistency of Pests . . 255 



LII. The Weasel 260 



LIII. February Days 263 



LIV. The Fox 270 



LV. An Ice-Storm 276 



LVI. Spare the Trees 281 



LVII. The Chickadee 284 



