Yet not a bit to eat could he find, while Neewa at every few steps apparently discovered something to devour.

At the end of the two hours the cub's bill of fare had grown to considerable proportions.

It included, among other things, half a dozen green and black beetles; numberless bugs, both hard and soft; whole colonies of red and black ants; several white grubs dug out of the heart of decaying logs; a handful of snails; a young frog; the egg of a ground-plover that had failed to hatch; and, in the vegetable line, the roots of two camas and one skunk cabbage.

Now and then he pulled down tender poplar shoots and nipped the ends off.

Likewise he nibbled spruce and balsam gum whenever he found it, and occasionally added to his breakfast a bit of tender grass.
A number of these things Miki tried.