. William J. Long and his books : a pamphlet consisting chiefly of typical letters and reviews in reply to Mr. Burroughs' attack on Mr. Long . A Letter from Mr. Long. where the head and tail were. Neglect of this habitcost the life of one porcupine that I have seen. Itwas in deep, soft snow. A fisher attacked the por-cupine, which struck his head against a log and kepthis tail flat to the ground, ready to strike. The fishertunneled deep in the snow, passed underthe tail and body of the porcupine, stuckhis head out of the snow under the por-cupines throat, gripped him, and killedhim without rec
. William J. Long and his books : a pamphlet consisting chiefly of typical letters and reviews in reply to Mr. Burroughs' attack on Mr. Long . A Letter from Mr. Long. where the head and tail were. Neglect of this habitcost the life of one porcupine that I have seen. Itwas in deep, soft snow. A fisher attacked the por-cupine, which struck his head against a log and kepthis tail flat to the ground, ready to strike. The fishertunneled deep in the snow, passed underthe tail and body of the porcupine, stuckhis head out of the snow under the por-cupines throat, gripped him, and killedhim without receiving a single barb. Mr. Burroughs will call this a liebecause he has not seen it. FortunatelyMr. Young, the guide referred to, oncesaw the same thing in a different locality. The critic accuses Mr. Seton of deliberate falsehoodand misrepresentation. While I differ radically fromMr. Seton in many of his observations and theories ofanimals, my notes, covering a period of twenty yearsof close watching of animals, bear out some of thethings which Mr. Burroughs assures us are pure inven-tions. The fox, for instance, that deliberately led thehounds in front of a t
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