CONTENTS. XV 



CHAPTER XIV. 



PAGE 



A Deer Trapped The Result of a Combat A Question of Mental 

 Philosophy Discussed, 152 



CHAPTER XV. 



Hooking up Trout The Left Branch The Rapids A Fight with 

 a Buck, 162 



CHAPTER XVI. 

 Round Pond The Pile Driver A Theory for Spiritualists, . 174 



CHAPTER XVII. 



Little Tupper's Lake A Spike Buck A Thunder Storm in the 

 Forest The Howl of the Wolf, 188 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



An Exploring Voyage in an Alderswamp A Beaver Dam A 

 Fair Shot and a Miss Drowning a Bear an Unpleasant Pas- 

 senger, 203 



CHAPTER XIX. 



Spalding's Bear Story Climbing to avoid a Collision An Unex- 

 pected Meeting A Race, 214 



CHAPTER XX. 



The Chase on the Island The Chase on the Lake The Bear 

 Gambling for Glory Anecdote of Noah and the Gentleman 

 who offered to Officiate as Pilot on Board the Ark, . . 226 



CHAPTER XXI. 



The Doctor and his Wife on a Fishing Excursion The Law of 

 the Case Strong-minded Women, 239 



