. Wild animals I have known and 200 drawings [microform]. Animal behavior; Animaux. xj Molly from the den for good, therefore, nis reign, like that of a certain Hebrew king, was over in seven days. The other, the fern-hole, was in a fern thicket next the clover field. It was small and damp, and useless except as a last retreat. It also was the work of a woodchuck, a well-meaning friendly neighbor, but a hare-brained youngster whose skin in the form of a whip-lash was now developing higher horse-power in the Olifant working team. ••Simple justice,'* said the old man, *«for that hide was raised
. Wild animals I have known and 200 drawings [microform]. Animal behavior; Animaux. xj Molly from the den for good, therefore, nis reign, like that of a certain Hebrew king, was over in seven days. The other, the fern-hole, was in a fern thicket next the clover field. It was small and damp, and useless except as a last retreat. It also was the work of a woodchuck, a well-meaning friendly neighbor, but a hare-brained youngster whose skin in the form of a whip-lash was now developing higher horse-power in the Olifant working team. ••Simple justice,'* said the old man, *«for that hide was raised on stolen feed that the team would a' turned into horse-power ; The Cottontails were now sole owners of the holes, and did not go near them when they could help it, lest anything like a path should be made that might betray these last retreuts to an enemy. ^^ There was also the hollow hickory, which, though nearly fallen, was still green, and had the great advantage of being open at both ends. This had long been the residence of one Lotor, a solitary old coon whose ostensible calling was frog-hunting, and who, like the monks of old, ^J^ * III k. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946. New York : Grosset & Dunlap
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