Animal Autobiographies.

THE LIFE STORY OF A SQUIRREL

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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

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By J. C. TREGARTHEN

CONTAINING TWELVE FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
by Countess Helena Gleichen

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By G. M. A. HEWETT

CONTAINING TWELVE FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
by Stephen Baghot-de-la-Bere

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THE LIFE STORY OF
A SQUIRREL

BY
T. C. BRIDGES

LONDON
ADAM·&·CHARLES·BLACK
1907

CONTENTS

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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

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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]
DOWN THE NEAR SIDE OF THE TRUNK WAS A DEEP AND WIDE NEW SCAR[172]
‘AND TO THINK IT WAS THIS HERE LITTLE RED RASCAL’[184]
A SMALL BLUE FLAME ILLUMINATED THREE EAGER FACES[194]
ANOTHER MOMENT FOUND ME COMFORTABLY PERCHED IN THE BRANCHES OF THE HAZEL-BUSHES[208]
THE DOG BOUNDED HIGH, BUT I WAS SAFELY OUT OF HIS REACH[224]