CONTENTS. vii 



CHAPTEK XI. 



THE PORCUPINE ITS METHOD OF SELF-DEFENCE DESTRUCTIVE TO TREES 



JAKE'S OPINION OF PORCUPINE THE TUFT-TAILPIERRE'S ACCOUNT or 

 THE BEAVER H ERNE'S ACCOUNT JAKE'S PET BEAVER AND WHAT IT DID 

 THE OLD HUNTER'S ADVENTURE NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH ..158-174 



CHAPTER XII. 



THE TWIN LAKES SETTING BEAVER-TRAPS THE WOLVERINE THE HUNTERS 

 DETERMINE TO TRAP THE WOLVERINE AN AMBUSH IN A PINE TREE NIGHT 

 IN THE FOREST BEAVER-TRAPPING STRUGGLES OF A BEAVER OLD JAKE'S 

 MISADVENTURE HIS STORY OF HIS FIRST BUFFALO THE "TIGHTEST PLACE" 

 JAKE WAS EVER IN CHASED BY INDIANS A FEARFUL LEAP EAGLE JACK 

 AND JAKE MAKE THEIR ESCAPE 175-193 



CHAPTER XIII. 



DAWN JAKE AND THE CARCAJOU SUCCESSFUL TRAPPING TWILIGHT IN THE 



FOREST A "PAINTER" BLACK FOXES A WOODLAND GLADE NOCTURNAL 



SOUNDS THE " PAINTER " AND THE HARE DEATH OF THE COUGAR PLEAS- 

 URES OF A HUNTER'S LIFE THE LUMBER TRADE JAKE'S OPINION OF IT- 

 GENUINE PHILOSOPHY 194-204 



CHAPTER XIV. 



LEAVE CAMP ARRIVAL AT FORT PIERRE A HEARTY WELCOME PIERRE'S SATIS- 

 FACTION JEALOUSY A RIVAL FOR MISS FRAZER'S AFFECTIONS A " SCENE" 

 THE CHALLENGE PIERRE'S GOOD RESOLUTIONS HIS APOLOGY REJECTED 

 M'LEOD'S THREAT PIERRE'S CONSCIENTIOUS SCRUPLES THE DUEL TER- 

 RIBLE TRAGEDY MISS FRAZER'S DEATH AGONY OF M*LEOD JAKE'S 

 ACCOUNT THE FUNERAL THE MEETING AT THE GRAVE DISAPPEARANCE 

 OF M'LEOD 205-218 



CHAPTER XV. 



THE TRAPPERS LEAVE FORT PIERRE GLOOMY REFLECTIONS JAKE GETS RESTIVE 

 A CAMP AN INDIAN VISITOR AN EXPLOSION ESCAPE OF THE INDIAN- 

 HUNT FOR BREAKFAST GAULTIER'S ADVENTURE OLD JAKE STALKED BY 



SAVAGES HE IS SAVED BY GAULTIER DEATH OF THE INDIANS PIERRE'S 

 RETURN AND ASTONISHMENT 219 231 



CHAPTER XVI. 



PIERRE'S NARRATIVE OF HIS MORNING'S ADVENTURE A STRANGE CRY THE 

 CANADA PORCUPINE AND THE LYNX PIERRE SHOOTS A BUCK OLD JAKE'S 

 SCRUPLES SUPERSTITION OF BACKWOODSMEN REGARDING THE WHIP-POOR- 

 WILL PIERRE'S ACCOUNT OF THE WHIP-POOR-WILL INDIAN BELIEF AS TO 



ITS ORIGIN A SALT LICK JAKE'S FIRE-STICK A NIGHT AT THE LICK A 

 WOLVERINE A " PAINTER" DEATH OF A WOLVERINE PIERRE SHOOTS A 

 DEER RETURN TO THE HUT 232-251 



