CONTENTS 

 CHAPTER I 



IN A FRONTIER SETTLEMENT 

 The poor rich The new-comer The police Joe Ryan . pp. 1-10 



CHAPTER II 



OUT TO LAKE 1LE A LA CROSSE 



Outfit How to pack Launching canoe Forcing way through ice 

 Entering Beaver River Early nesting birds Meeting with Red-skins 

 Photographing nests On Beaver River Trapping mammals 



pp. 11-32 



CHAPTER III 



SEEKING THE SANDHILL CRANE 



Groping in the forest Discovering sandhill cranes South-west gale 

 bursts Sandhill crane's nest found Our culminating disappointment 



pp. 33-43 

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