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Title: The Haunters of the Silences
A Book of Animal Life

Author: Charles G. D. Roberts

Illustrator: Charles Livingston Bull

Release Date: May 27, 2010 [EBook #32545]

Language: English

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[Illustration: _The Haunters of the Silences_]

[Illustration: THE LEADER OF THE CARIBOU HERD ... RETURNED THE
STALLION'S INQUIRING STARE WITH A GLANCE OF MILD CURIOSITY.--Page 122.]

The Haunters of
the Silences

A BOOK OF ANIMAL LIFE BY
CHARLES G. D. ROBERTS

_Author of
"The Kindred of the Wild," "Red Fox,"
"The Heart of the Ancient Wood," "The Forge
in the Forest," "The Heart That Knows," etc._

[Illustration]

_With many
Illustrations and
Decorations by_

CHARLES
LIVINGSTON
BULL

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

[Illustration]

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_Copyright, 1905, 1906, by_
THE METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE COMPANY

_Copyright, 1906, by_
HARPER AND BROTHERS

_Copyright, 1906, by_
PERRY MASON COMPANY

_Copyright, 1906, 1907, by_
THE RIDGWAY COMPANY

_Copyright, 1906, by_
THE CENTURY COMPANY

_Copyright, 1904, by_
THE NEW YORK HERALD COMPANY

_Copyright, 1907, by_
THE S. S. MCCLURE CO.

_Copyright, 1907, by_
THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY

_Copyright, 1907, by_
L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)

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ENTERED AT STATIONER'S HALL, LONDON

_All rights reserved_

First impression, May, 1907

[Illustration: To Charles Livingston Bull]

[Illustration]

Prefatory Note

The present collection of stories dealing with creatures of the
wilderness differs from its companion volumes, "The Kindred of the Wild"
and "The Watchers of the Trails," in one important particular. It
contains certain studies and depictions of a sphere of wild life which
presents peculiar difficu