This prehistoric monster was equipped not only with a pair of strong horns but with a shield back of them as well 145 The beaver is the greatest of all animal architects. His skill is equalled only by his patience (in Colours) 158 The skunk mother tries to keep on hand a good supply of such delicacies as frogs and toads, so that her young may never go hungry 172 The porcupine and the hedgehog have a unique method of collecting food for their young. After shaking down berries or grapes, they roll in them, then hurry home with the food attached to their quills 173 The black bear is not one of the great migrating animals. The thickness of his coat must therefore change with the seasons 188 Rabbits seem to have a well-devised system in their road-building, running their paths in and out of underbrush in a truly ingenious manner 189 The mongoose, a scavenger of the worst type, feeding on rats and mice and snakes, and even poultry 202 Diplodocus. The prehistoric animals, also, undoubtedly had their scavengers and criminals 203 The Esquimo-dog is man's greatest friend in the Far North 218 Chipmunks are among the most easily tamed of man's wild friends, and they even seem fond of human companionship 219 Men cruelly take the lives of these denizens of the wildwood, rejoicing in their slaughter, but the animal soul they cannot kill 244 Two pals. There is between man and dog a kinship of spirit that cannot be denied 245 FOREWORD _"And in the lion or the frog-- In all the life of moor or fen-- In ass and peacock, stork and dog, He read similitudes of men."_ More and more science is being taught in a new way. More and more men are beginning to discard the lumber of the brain's workshop to get at real facts, real conclusions. Laboratories, experiments, tables, classifications are all very vital and all very necessary but sometimes their net result is only to befog and confuse. Occasionally it becomes important for us to cast aside all dogmatic restraints and approach the wonders of life from a new angle and with the untrammelled spirit of a little child.