The life story of a squirrel

by T. C. Bridges

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]
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]