Chapter I: A Little Dog-Comedy 3

II. Cries of the Day and Night 10
III. Chumfo, the Super-sense 34
IV. Natural Telepathy 74
V. The Swarm Spirit 111
VI. Where Silence Is Eloquent 137
VII. On Getting Acquainted 175
VIII. On Keeping Still 195
IX. At Close Range 211
X. The Trail 237
XI. Woodsy Impressions 247
XII. Larch-trees and Deer 256
XIII. Black Mallards 266
XIV. Memories 283
XV. Beaver Work 298

ILLUSTRATIONS

The Old Vixen Lies Apart Where She Can Overlook
the Play and the Neighborhood Frontispiece
He Flings Out a Single “Haw!” and the Ducks Spring
Aloft on the Instant and Head Swiftly Out to Sea Facing p. 20
A Shadow Moved from the Darker Shadow of an Upturned
Root—and a Great Buck Stood Alert on the Open Shore 54
They Stood Tense as They Searched the Plain and
Surrounding Woods for the Source of Danger 102
The Course He Took Was Entirely Different from That
Taken by the Man Who Brought the Vixen Home 166
So Innocent and So Appealing that It is Hard to Keep
Your Hands from Him 192
His Massive Head Thrust Forward as He Tried to
Penetrate the Far Distance with His Near-sighted Eyes 252
At Such a Time My Pond Seemed to Awaken and Shed Its
Silence Like a Garment 270

HOW ANIMALS TALK