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Title: How animals talk

And other pleasant studies of birds and beast

Author: William J. Long

Illustrator: Charles Copeland

Release date: February 21, 2024 [eBook #73009]

Language: English

Original publication: New York: Harper & brothers, 1919

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Original Dust Jacket (front).

HOW ANIMALS TALK

Owl.

The old vixen lies apart where she can overlook the play and the neighborhood.

The old vixen lies apart where she can overlook the play and the neighborhood.

Original Title Page.

HOW ANIMALS TALK

And Other Pleasant Studies of Birds and Beasts

BY
William J. Long
Author of “School of the Woods” “Northern Trails” “Brier-Patch Philosophy” etc.
Illustrations and Decorations by
CHARLES COPELAND

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON

How Animals Talk

Copyright 1919 by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America
Published August, 1919

G–T

Contents

CHAP.		PAGE
I.	A Little Dog-Comedy	3
II.	Cries of the Day and Night	10
III.	Chumfo, the Super-sense	34
IV.	Natural Telepathy	74
V.	The Swarm Spirit	111
VI.	Where Silence Is Eloquent	137
VII.	On Getting Acquainted	175
VIII.	On Keeping Still	195
IX.	At Close Range	211
X.	The Trail	237
XI.	Woodsy Impressions	247
XII.	Larch-trees and Deer	256
XIII.	Black Mallards	266
XIV.	Memories	283
XV.	Beaver Work	298

Illustrations

	The Old Vixen Lies Apart Where She Can Overlook the Play and the Neighborhood	Frontispiece
	He Flings Out a Single “Haw!” and the Ducks Spring Aloft on the Instant and Head Swiftly Out to Sea	Facing p. 20
	A Shadow Moved from the Darker Shadow of an Upturned Root—and a Great Buck Stood Alert on the Open Shore	54
	They Stood Tense as They Searched the Plain and Surrounding Woods for the Source of Danger	102
	The Course He Took Was Entirely Different from That Taken by the Man Who Brought the Vixen Home	166
	So Innocent and So Appealing that It is Hard to Keep Your Hands from Him	192
	His Massive Head Thrust Forward as He Tried to Penetrate the Far Distance with His Near-sighted Eyes	252
	At Such a Time My Pond Seemed to Awaken and Shed Its Silence Like a Garment	270

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