WILDWOOD WAYS
WILDWOOD WAYS
WINTHROP PACKARD
AUTHOR OF “WILD PASTURES”
BOSTON
SMALL, MAYNARD AND COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
COPYRIGHT, 1909
BY SMALL, MAYNARD AND COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)
Entered at Stationers’ Hall
THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.
The author wishes to express his thanks to the “Boston Transcript” for permission to reprint in this volume matter which was originally contributed to its columns.
CONTENTS
PAGE
SNUGGING-DOWN DAYS 1
CERTAIN WHITE-FACED HORNETS 23
THIN ICE 45
WINTER FERN-HUNTING 65
THE BARE HILLS IN MIDWINTER 87
SOME JANUARY BIRDS 107
WHEN THE SNOW CAME 129
THE MINK’S HUNTING GROUND 151
IN THE WHITE WOODS 169
THE ROAD TO MUDDY POND 191
AMONG THE MUSKRAT LODGES 215
THICK ICE 235
ILLUSTRATIONS
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