LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



"As he stood on the edge of the deep Gap with 

 his head lowered in his last ( stand ' for 

 life" 133 



" As soon as it would hold the weight of a 

 muskrat y one mounted the platform " 147 



" The dam now began to take on a substantial 

 aspect" 169 



"He walked toward her, his bushy tail held 

 up" 199 



" If h accident they chanced to meet their 

 only recognition was to angrily spring at 

 each other and bite " 209 



"Aunt told me they were the runways of a 

 family of field mice " 227 



" The golden grain in the adjoining wheat- 

 field sheltered her from the burning sun as 

 she sat and watched the ground-squirrels" 249 



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