LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS-C0/m^ 



FACING PAGE 



Bob on a close point 32 



The log-cabin study on the edge of the lawn 34 

 Sailor and the boys in private theatricals 



"The Mystery of Sleep" .... 38 



The inevitable 48 



"We have a beautifully curved sand beach on the 



lawn" 54 



"All have saddles and ride like veteran cavalry- 

 men" 56 



"Another pleasure of my boys is the work of 



the trapper" 5 s 



"I believe in the gun for a normal boy" . . 60 

 "The first man was a hunter" .... 62 

 "He learns that winds and tides have souls" 66 

 "Away over the endless marsh" . . . 78 

 "Place our decoys on the edge of the receding 



surf" 86 



"Sometimes the sky is black with them" . 88 



The Dixie 102 



"I never knew how much beautiful weather there 



was in winter" 108 



" George and I crouched among them " . .124 

 "We are homeward bound now, with her big 

 yacht ensign set aft and her colours at her 



masthead" 128 



"The ermine robe of the North" . - - 130 



