s song and dance, 13, 14, 15;
a game of tag, 31;
pursued by a weasel, 88;
a piratical raid by, 112, 113;
his life full of fear, 135, 136;
frequently caught by the cat, 137;
a race with a dog, 141-143.
Squirrels, gathering chestnuts, 1, 2;
as parachutes, 2-5;
tails of, 5;
mirth and mockery of, 10.

Thrasher, brown, and weasels, 85.
Turkey, fox and, 63, 64.
Turtles, 138, 139.

Weasel, in pursuit of a chipmunk, 24-26;
carrying food to its den, 72-75;
an exploration of a weasel's hole, 74-79;
food of, 77, 80, 85;
depredations among the chickens, 80-82;
a fight with a, 81-83;
dog and, 82, 83;
its boldness and bloodthirstiness, 83, 86;
terror inspired by, 83, 86;
a fight with a man over a rat, 84;
a woman's experience, 85;
a destructive enemy of the birds, 85;
as a tree-climber, 86;
hunting in packs, 86, 87;
a contention over a mouse, 87;
cannibalism, 87;
pursuing two rats, 87, 88;
tracks its game by scent, 88;
pursuit of a red squirrel, 88.
Woodchuck, 28, 29;
haunts of, 32;
adventure with a swimming man, 32, 33;
odor of, 33;
its whistle, 33, 130;
form and motions of, 33;
a churn-dog's tactics, 34-36;
hole of, 36;
hibernation of, 36, 37;
about the house and study, 129;
a mother with her young one, 129, 130;
captives, 130-132;
a friendship with a kitten, 132.

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