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  The Watchers of the Trails

  A Book of Animal Life

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[Illustration: "A HUGE BLACK BEAR STANDING IN THE TRAIL."
(_See page 177_)]




  THE WATCHERS
  OF THE TRAIL
  A BOOK OF ANIMAL LIFE _by_

  CHARLES G D ROBERTS

  _Author of_

  "_The Kindred of the Wild_," "_The Heart of the
  Ancient Wood_," "_Barbara Ladd_," "_The Forge in
  the Forest_," "_Poems_," _etc._

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  _With many Illustrations by_

  _CHARLES LIVINGSTON BULL_

  A. WESSELS COMPANY
  MDCCCCVI NEW YORK


[Illustration]

  _Copyright, 1904, by_
  The S. S. McClure Co.

  _Copyright, 1904, by_
  Perry Mason Company

  _Copyright, 1903, 1904, by_
  Robert Howard Russell

  _Copyright, 1903, by_
 The Metropolitan Magazine Company

  _Copyright, 1903, by_
  The Succe