Animal Autobiographies. THE LIFE STORY OF A SQUIRREL IN THE SAME SERIES PRICE 6s. EACH WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR THE BLACK BEAR BY H. PERRY ROBINSON CONTAINING TWELVE FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS BY J. VAN OORT THE CAT BY VIOLET HUNT CONTAINING TWELVE FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS BY ADOLPH BIRKENRUTH THE DOG BY G. E. MITTON CONTAINING TWELVE FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN WILLIAMSON THE FOX BY J. C. TREGARTHEN CONTAINING TWELVE FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS BY COUNTESS HELENA GLEICHEN THE RAT BY G. M. A. HEWETT CONTAINING TWELVE FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS BY STEPHEN BAGHOT-DE-LA-BERE PUBLISHED BY A. & C. BLACK, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W. AGENTS AMERICA THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 64 & 66 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK CANADA THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA, LTD. 27 RICHMOND STREET WEST, TORONTO INDIA MACMILLAN & COMPANY, LTD. MACMILLAN BUILDING, BOMBAY 309 BOW BAZAAR STREET, CALCUTTA [Illustration: SCUD.] [Illustration: THE LIFE STORY OF A SQUIRREL BY T. C. BRIDGES LONDON ADAM·&·CHARLES·BLACK 1907] CONTENTS PAGE CHAPTER I MY FIRST ADVENTURE 1 CHAPTER II THE GREAT DISASTER 21 CHAPTER III THE PLEASURES OF IMPRISONMENT 40 CHAPTER IV A DAY IN RAT LAND 63 CHAPTER V BACK TO THE WOODLANDS 81 CHAPTER VI A NARROW ESCAPE 95 CHAPTER VII THE GREY TERROR 119 CHAPTER VIII I FIND A WIFE 150 CHAPTER IX WAR DECLARED AGAINST OUR RACE 174 CHAPTER X POACHERS AND A BATTUE 192 CHAPTER XI MY LAST ADVENTURE 210 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS BY ALLAN STEWART SCUD _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE FATHER LEAPED STRAIGHT TOWARDS THE BOY, LANDING ACTUALLY ON HIS SHOULDER 32 HE IMITATED ME TO MY FACE 48 THE WHOLE OF THE SLIMY OLD WALL SEEMED ALIVE WITH THEM 74 THE BOYS NEVER MOVED OR SPOKE 88 CLIMBING INTO ONE OF THE LARGEST TREES, WE LAY PANTING AND TIRED OUT 112 TWO CRUEL GREEN ORBS SET IN A WIDE GREY FACE 142