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The Haunters of the Silences: a Book of Animal Life · Charles G. D. Roberts — chapter 2 of 28 · ~232 words · public domain

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Answerers to the Call 70

The Prisoners of the Pitcher-plant 84

The Prowlers 92

A Stranger to the Wild 108

When the Logs Come Down 132

A Duel in the Deep 140

The Little Tyrant of the Burrows 153

The Ringwaak Buck 168

The Heron in the Reeds 194

In the Deep of the Silences 202

On the Night Trail 218

When the Tide Came over the Marshes 235

Under the Ice-roof 243

The Terror of the Air 261

In the Unknown Dark 268

The Terror of the Sea Caves 282

A List of the Full-Page Drawings in the Book

PAGE "THE LEADER OF THE CARIBOU HERD ... RETURNED THE STALLION'S INQUIRING STARE WITH A GLANCE OF MILD CURIOSITY" (See page 122) Frontispiece

"SOME INEXPERIENCED SEAL HAD BEEN FOOLISH ENOUGH TO LIE BASKING CLOSE BESIDE AN ICE-CAKE" 7

"SHE LED HIM FARTHER AND FARTHER ACROSS THE ICE" 13

"WOULD RUN GLEEFULLY TO SNAP THEM UP AND EAT THEM" 14

"SOME ONE ON DECK DISCERNED THE CROUCHING BEAR" 24

"HE SAW A BIG SUCKER SETTLE LAZILY WHERE THE THRONGING FRY WERE THICKEST" 34

"HELD FIRMLY BETWEEN THE EDGES OF HIS GREAT BEAK" 42

"LEAPING HIGH OUT OF THE POOLS" 45

"VANQUISHED IN THEIR OWN ELEMENT BY THE MINK" 59

"AGAIN HE SHOT INTO THE SPRAY-THICK AIR ON THE FACE OF THE FALL" 68

"SCUTTLED OFF INTO THE WOODS LIKE A FRIGHTENED WOODCHUCK" 74

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