PREFACE 
In telling the story of Bobby Lynx of 
Round-Top, I have tried to give a clear 
picture of the actual life of a lynx and 
the real dangers that beset his pathway. 
If it seems hard to have Bobby Lynx try 
to catch Mollie Rabbit, we must remem¬ 
ber that he is not being just unkind and 
cruel but that he is only doing exactly 
what Mother Nature has taught him to 
do. When he kills a partridge or has a 
fierce fight with the Stranger Lynx, again 
he is only obeying Nature’s laws. 
Mother Nature has very wonderful 
laws and, though they may seem hard and 
cruel to us, yet, when we understand 
them, we will see how good, how very 
good they are. If nothing ever ate up 
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