O O N T E N T 8 . XI 



CHAPTER XVI. 



PAOB 



Signs op Eain— The Tree Frog — A Rainy Day in the Forest 153 



CHAPTER XVII. 



A Rainy Morning — Clearing up a New Country — A Half- 

 breed AND nis Family 163 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



Stoney brook — Ampersand Creek — Trout — Racket River — 

 A Flying Shot at a Buck 172 



CHAPTER XIX. 



A Woodman's Sermon — His Religion of Nature — His Argu- 

 ment against Infidelity 189 



CHAPTER XX. 



The Silent Energy op Nature — Her Workshops — Her Joue- 

 neymen 202 



CHAPTER XXI. 



The Eagle and his Prey — The Loon — His Habits — The Par- 

 tridge — The Squirrel and the Forest Mice 209 



CHAPTER XXII. 



The Gray Owl— The Wild Birds— The Dumb Animal wiser 

 IN his Instincts, than Man in his Reason — The Folly 

 of Crime 219 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



The Jesuit's Journal — Wild Bulls and Cows, with Antlers 

 like tete Stag — The "Taming" of the Indians .... 228 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



A Wild Cat — Long Neak — Round Lake — The Lower Saranac 

 — A Fight between a Panther and a Bear 236 



