ILLUSTRATIONS 



The woodchuck is the largest and laziest of common 



RODENTS 



The short-tailed, burrowing mice eat corn and other 

 grain in the shock 



The porcupine is armored against all enemies . . . 



Sitting on his haunches in a field of daisies . . . 



His burrow usually commands a wide prospect . . 



You will see a shrewd face and fat body up on the wall 



a trophy of the chase 



Sunning himself in lazy contemplation of the land- 

 scape 



A favorite haunt is the network of roots at the base 



OF A HUGE TREE 



A DENIZEN OF THE deep woods .... . . 



Green meadows, daisy-starred, invite the woodchuck 



from his lair 



Reynard springs on a mouse 



a midnight vigil .... 



A dash across the open by an air-line track . . . 

 The wildcat is the shyest animal of our Eastern for- 

 ests, AND YET THE FIERCEST AND MOST FORMIDABLE . 



The otter will frisk on the river-bank like a puppy 

 If he is not frightened, the skunk is quite inoffen- 

 sive AND HARMLESS 



The little weasel is a cunning and elusive marauder 



Trees are the instinctive refuge of the 'coon 



The massive trunk of a hornbeam against the red 



and gray of a distant snowy mountain .... 

 The sycamore gains a winter charm over other trees 



because of its mottled bark 



Slender olive poplars rising to forest height crowded 



from behind by the hemlocks of the swamp . . . 

 a pine befits a mountainous landscape, a place of 



rocks and windy sweeps 



IN WINTER THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE LOWER IRREGULAR 

 APPLE-TREES AND THE GREEN PINES IS CHARMING . . 



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