Chapter I · Chapter 1

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From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

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From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

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From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

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From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

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From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

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From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

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From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

in addition

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the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading In this Book the designs for title-page, cover, and general make-up, and also the literary revision, were done by Mrs. Grace Gallatin Thompson Seton.

plural of “animal” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

the month following March and preceding May

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading To the Reader: These are the best days of my life.

an old form of “are”, used with “thou”

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

the month following July and preceding September

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

the supreme effort one can make

From this reading To the Reader: These are the best days of my life.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

mule deer of western Rocky Mountains

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

to strive with determination

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

the act of burning something

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

provide with a covering or cause to be covered

From this reading In this Book the designs for title-page, cover, and general make-up, and also the literary revision, were done by Mrs. Grace Gallatin Thompson Seton.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading To the Reader: These are the best days of my life.

the last (12th) month of the year

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

plural of “design” — the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)

From this reading In this Book the designs for title-page, cover, and general make-up, and also the literary revision, were done by Mrs. Grace Gallatin Thompson Seton.

the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading In this Book the designs for title-page, cover, and general make-up, and also the literary revision, were done by Mrs. Grace Gallatin Thompson Seton.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

plural of “drawing” — an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

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From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading In this Book the designs for title-page, cover, and general make-up, and also the literary revision, were done by Mrs. Grace Gallatin Thompson Seton.

following the third position; number four in a countable series

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

an ornamental facade

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

occupying an entire page in a book or paper

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

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From this reading In this Book the designs for title-page, cover, and general make-up, and also the literary revision, were done by Mrs. Grace Gallatin Thompson Seton.

applying to all or most members of a category or group

From this reading In this Book the designs for title-page, cover, and general make-up, and also the literary revision, were done by Mrs. Grace Gallatin Thompson Seton.

having the deep slightly brownish color of gold

From this reading These are my golden days.

the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

(Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence

From this reading In this Book the designs for title-page, cover, and general make-up, and also the literary revision, were done by Mrs. Grace Gallatin Thompson Seton.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading In this Book the designs for title-page, cover, and general make-up, and also the literary revision, were done by Mrs. Grace Gallatin Thompson Seton.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

of or relating to two people who are married to each other

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

the month following June and preceding August

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

apprehended with certainty

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

a person who rules or guides or inspires others

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading To the Reader: These are the best days of my life.

give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

of or relating to or characteristic of literature

From this reading In this Book the designs for title-page, cover, and general make-up, and also the literary revision, were done by Mrs. Grace Gallatin Thompson Seton.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event

From this reading In this Book the designs for title-page, cover, and general make-up, and also the literary revision, were done by Mrs. Grace Gallatin Thompson Seton.

plural of “mammal” — any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

one of the three prairie provinces in central Canada

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

lighted by moonlight

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading In this Book the designs for title-page, cover, and general make-up, and also the literary revision, were done by Mrs. Grace Gallatin Thompson Seton.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading To the Reader: These are the best days of my life.

an advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

position nine in a countable series of things

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

the month following October and preceding December

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

the month following September and preceding November

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

plural of “old-timer” — an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

plural of “one” — the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number

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one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains

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clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

exert pressure or force to or upon

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

a person who enjoys reading

From this reading To the Reader: These are the best days of my life.

the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)

From this reading In this Book the designs for title-page, cover, and general make-up, and also the literary revision, were done by Mrs. Grace Gallatin Thompson Seton.

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

inflected form of “scan” — examine minutely or intensely

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

United States religious leader who was the first person born in the United States to be canonized (1774-1821)

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

the season of growth

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

attend a dance or a party without a female companion

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

happening unexpectedly

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

a tenth part; one part in ten equal parts

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading To the Reader: These are the best days of my life.

one of three equal parts of a divisible whole

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000)

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading In this Book the designs for title-page, cover, and general make-up, and also the literary revision, were done by Mrs. Grace Gallatin Thompson Seton.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

a line or route along which something travels or moves

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

plural of “track” — a line or route along which something travels or moves

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

a track or mark left by something that has passed

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

close enough to be walked to

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading In this Book the designs for title-page, cover, and general make-up, and also the literary revision, were done by Mrs. Grace Gallatin Thompson Seton.

a Caucasian

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba Author of Wild Animals I Have Known Art Anatomy of Animals Mammals of Manitoba Birds of Manitoba Third Impression December Fourth Impression July Fifth Impression August Sixth Impression October Seventh Impression November Eighth Impression November Ninth Impression April Tenth Impression December THE SCRIBNER PRESS This Book is dedicated to the Old-timers of the Big Plain of Manitoba.

lacking wings

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading List of full-page Drawings "The Track of a Mother Blacktail was suddenly joined by two Little Ones' Tracks" frontispiece The Trail Spring page 14 "Wingless Birds" 22 "Sat down in the Moonlit Snow" 37 "Seven Deer, ... their Leader a wonderful Buck" 56 "The Doe was walking slowly" 63 "Scanned the White World for his foe" 80 The Stag 89 It was a burning hot day.