The only one with which she was familiar was the chipmunk.

All the others, from the slim bright blacks to the striped russets and the white-tailed grays, were totally new to her.

They appeared tame and curious.

The reds barked and scolded at the passing cavalcade; the blacks glided to some safe branch, there to watch; the grays paid no especial heed to this invasion of their domain.
Once Dale, halting his horse, pointed with long arm, and Helen, following the direction, descried several gray deer standing in a glade, motionless, with long ears up.

They made a wild and beautiful picture.
Suddenly they bounded away with remarkable springy strides.
The forest on the whole held to the level, open character, but there were swales and stream-beds breaking up its regular conformity.