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and a wider range of acquaintance with 

 the Wood Folk. 



The names used here for birds and beasts 

 were given by the Milicete Indians; the 

 occasional legends referred to have never been 

 written, but were heard by the writer before 

 the camp fire, in the heart of the wilderness ; 

 and the incidents and sketches are true to life, 

 as I have seen it in m,aiiy years of watching 

 and following the wild things. 



WM. f. LONG. 

 Stamford, Conn., 

 August, 1 90 1. 



