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CONTENTS 



CHAPTER 



XXIV. Water -BOATMEN and Back-swimmers 



XXV. How Insects Breathe . 



XXVI. Brookside Willows 

 XXVII. A Home in a Willow Tree 

 XXVIII. The Ants' "Cow-shed" 



XXIX. The Hermit Thrush . 



XXX. The Walking Party . 



XXXI. Other Pedestrians 

 XXXII. Sister Ellen's Fish Story 



XXXIII. Brook and Lagoon 



XXXIV. In October .... 

 XXXV. Circumstantial Evidence . 



XXXVI. A Winter Walk . . . 



XXXVII. Skunk Cabbage . . 



XXXVIII. Along the Brook in March 



XXXIX. Soldier, Soldier! . 



XL. A Rainy Day .... 



XLI. The Brook's Tools and Its Work 



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