II.

THE CRAG OF VORTIGERN.

Difficulties of night watching--Powers of observation in wild creatures--Night wanderers dislike rain--Eager helpers--A tempting invitation--Cry of young owls--Philip, the silent watcher--The fern-owl's rattle--The leaping places of the hare--Night gossip--The meaning of the white and black markings on a badger's head--The secrets of the cave 427-443

INDEX 445-448

FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS

From Drawings by

Florence H. Laverock.

"THE BROAD RIVER, IN WHICH SHE HAD SPENT HER EARLY LIFE." See p. 50 _Frontispiece._

"AN OPPORTUNITY CAME, WHICH, HAD SHE BEEN POISED IN THE AIR, COULD SCARCELY HAVE BEEN MISSED." _To face p._ 88

"THE BIG TROUT, IN HIS TORPEDO-LIKE RUSH TO CUT OFF BRIGHTEYE FROM SURE REFUGE." See p. 105 " " 104

"SHE WAS HOLDING ONE OF HER OFFSPRING BY THE NECK, IN PREPARATION FOR FLIGHT." See p. 139 " " 138

"HE RETIRED TO A ROCKY FASTNESS ON THE WILD WEST COAST." " " 238

"WHEN THE EARLY AUTUMN MOON ROSE OVER THE CORN." " " 290

"HE CLIMBED FROM HIS DOORWAY, AND STOOD MOTIONLESS, WITH UPLIFTED NOSTRILS, INHALING EACH BREATH OF SCENT." " " 364

"AS HE MEASURED HIS FULL LENGTH AGAINST THE TREE." See p. 419 " " 418

THE OTTER.