A List of the Full-Page Drawings in the Book
PAGE “Red Fox, meanwhile, had been watching the whole scene from that safe little ledge of rock” (See page 168) Frontispiece “For a little distance the fox followed its channel” 5 “The fox stepped out upon the stones” 11 “Slower and slower he went” 19 “Night after night... the high shrill barking of a she fox was heard” 23 “The puppy flung himself upon it without a sign of fear” 31 “He ran up the nearest tree” 39 “Learned to steal up and catch the brooding partridge” 43 “He crouched, tense with anticipation” 49 “Red Fox, sitting solitary on his knoll, heard the noise of the chase” 57 “They all three turned and glanced back” 67 “Glaring eyes, long tail fluffed out, and high-arched back” 73 “He became panic-stricken, and fell to a violent kicking and struggling” 81 “One surly old woodchuck... went so far as to establish himself in the door of the burrow” 91 “Creeping with indescribable stealth around the roots of a huge beech-tree” 97 “Delivered another of those daunting spur strokes” 107 “The owl swooped, and struck” 111 “She revealed a small, dark, menacing thing” 119 “In the trap a mink was held, caught by both front feet” 127 “He dug his powerful claws into the snow” 133 “Red Fox rose lightly on his hind legs,... and pulled it down” 141 “He caught sight of a big cock partridge” 151 “Much chagrined, he gazed after her” 159 “He amused himself for a minute or two with wild, fantastic leaps from trunk to trunk” 169 “It slipped swiftly off with its exhausted passenger” 181 “He had just missed catching the rabbit at his first rush” 187 “At last he, too, crouched flat, eying his foe with keen curiosity” 191 “Helped himself to the rabbit” 195 “The crow-haunted fir-groves on its flanks” 201 “The eagle, with the prize dangling from his claws, was already far out of reach” 207 “In an instant Red Fox was upon him again” 213 “A dark cluster began to form” 221 “Nearer and nearer came the whirling cloud” 227 “He saw a big raccoon go running by” 233 “Settled himself down by the hole to watch for the woodchuck to come out” 241 “The little maniac clung to the big beast’s tender snout” 245 “A doe and two fawns... went bounding past” 253 “The diminished family sped on” 259 “Himself kept watch where he could see everything” 265 “Red Fox was enjoying a good stretch” 273 “Moved away grandly about his business” 277 “Resumed his flight through the trunks and rampikes” 281 “Stiffening himself on the instant” 287 “A shadowy shape came flitting soundlessly around the corner of the hen-house” 301 “Behind a massive clump of rhododendrons” 317 “The centre of the most difficult patch of swamp” 321 “On a fallen sapling he crossed the brook” 327 “Came tumbling over the wall into the lane” 333 “He came out upon a jutting cape of rock” 337