CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTORY THE TRAIL TO WOODS 



AND WATERS 13 



I. A TALE FROM THE SKIDWAY . .23 

 II. THE STORY OF WILLOW BROOK . 61 



III. A LITTLE DAPPLE FOOL . . 75 



IV. THE FAMILY OF BOB-WHITE . .85 

 V. THE BUSY BEE 109 



VI. DOWNSTREAM IN A CANOE . .129 



VII. JACKING AND MOOSE-CALLING . .137 



VIII. IN BEAVER-LAND . . . .149 



IX. ONE'S OWN BACK DOOR-YARD . .167 



X. A WARY MOTHER . . . .185 



XL A LIVELY BEE HUNT . . .203 



XII. THE SPECKLED HEIFER'S CALF . .219 



XIII. CAMPING WITH OLD BEN . . .239 



XIV. FOREST FOOTFALLS . . . .261 

 XV. IN THE HUNTER'S MOON . . .273 



XVI. A WINTER WALK .... 287 



XVII. CAMP FIRE LEGENDS OF THE WOOD 



FOLKS 309 



