CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



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 MY PET WOOD THRUSHES, 190 



CHAPTER IX. 



BORDER LIFE IN THE WEST AN ADVENTURE NEAR THE MOUTH OF 



THE OHIO RIVER, 214 



CHAPTER X. 



EAGLES AND ART, 235 



CHAPTER XI. 



MY WIFE'S STORY OF HER PET CAT-BIRD " GENERAL BEM," . . . 274 



CHAPTER XII. 



WASHINGTON EAGLE AND FISH-HAWKS, 287 



CHAPTER XHI. 



MY WIFE'S STORY OF HER PET FINCHES, 307 



CHAPTER XIV. 



OUT OF DOORS WITH NATURE, 318 



CHAPTER XV. 



GHOST-FLOWER AND CHILD A DREAM, 335 



