| The Hermit And Pal Took Many a Trip Into the Forest. | [Frontispiece] |
| Slowly it advanced, its body almost brushing the snow | [15] |
| And then occurred a memorable battle | [33] |
| Pal stopped, clearly astonished | [45] |
| As if carved from the rock the big moose stood | [49] |
| The Hermit took the one chance that presented itself | [59] |
| The dam, when finished, was a work worthy of a trained engineer | [67] |
| A full grown fox stood motionless in the sunlight, a rabbit hanging limply from her jaws | [83] |
| The big frog was flipped out upon the bank | [97] |
| Ringtail had heard the agonized cry of his playmate | [119] |
| He crouched upon a branch, glaring down at the animated leaf-pile | [131] |
| The hawk dropped like a thunderbolt and caught him in its talons | [143] |
| Instantly the fawn thrust out his delicate muzzle and licked the outstretched hand | [154] |
| Both glared but refused to let go | [175] |
| The Other Cub Forgot Her Fear And Demanded Her Sugar Lump. | [188] |
| High on his rocky ledge he lifted his muzzle to the moon | [205] |
In the depths of the green wilderness, where dark spruce and hemlock guard the secrets of the trail, are still to be found wild creatures who know little of man and who regard him with more of curiosity than of fear. Woodland ponds, whose placid waters have never reflected the dark lines of a canoe, lie like jewels in their setting of green hills; ponds where soft-eyed deer come down to drink at twilight, and where the weird laughter of the loon floats through the morning mists. Toward the south, however, man is fast penetrating the secrets of the forest, blazing dim trails and leaving fear and destruction in the wake of his guns and traps.