In the wilderness the enthusiastic, painstaking and skillful observer will see many wild folks following their daily routine. But, however fortunate he may be, numerous animals will watch him whose presence he never suspects.

Parts of the chapters in this book have appeared in the Saturday Evening Post, the American Boy, Field and Stream, Munsey’s and Countryside. Acknowledgment is hereby made to the editors of these magazines for granting permission to reprint this material.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
[I].The Rocky Mountain Goat1
[II].The Haymaker of the Heights16
[III].Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Skunk31
[IV].The Persistent Beaver47
[V].The Otter Plays On60
[VI].The Bighorn in the Snow72
[VII].The Clown of the Prairies84
[VIII].The Black Bear—Comedian98
[IX].On Wild Life Trails113
[X].Rebuilding a Beaver Colony126
[XI].The Wary Wolf141
[XII].Winter Ways of Animals158
[XIII].Pronghorn of the Plains175
[XIV].The Mountain Lion189
[XV].Famine in Beaver-Land205
[XVI].Dog-Town Diggings215
[XVII].Echo Mountain Grizzly229

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[The Rocky Mountain Goat]Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
[Goat-land]20
[A Wild Cat]36
[Bear Feet]36
[A Black Bear]37
[Antelope]37
[A Beaver House and Winter Food Supply]68
[A Beaver House in the First Snow]68
[Coyote—Clown of the Prairies]69
[A Beaver Canal]84
[A New Beaver Dam]84
[The Mountain Lion]85
[The Prairie Dog]116
[The Cony]116
[Looking for Small Favours]117
[Mountain Lion]132
[Bighorn Mountain Sheep]133
[A Wild Life Trail Centre]180
[My Departing Caller]181
[Johnny, My Grizzly Cub]196
[Echo Mountain Grizzly]197