Contents 



PART I 



IN THE WILDS OF NEW BRUNSWICK AND 

 THE MAINE WOODS 



PACE 



I. OFF FOR THE WOODS . . . 13 



II. THE STORY OF LOT'S WIFE 18 



III. A WHOLESALE ROBBERY ... 24 



IV. TRACKS OF BIG GAME . . 36 

 V. THE LOST LAKES .... 41 



VI. THE OLD SCOTCH COLONEL ... 47 



VII. A SOLITARY DISCIPLE OF BACCHUS . 53 



VIII. A FAMOUS PERIBONCA PORTAGE . . 59 



IX. MISSING A BIG MOOSE AT THIRTY YARDS 67 



X. THE WISDOM OF THE CROW . . 75 



XI. ONCE MORE A BAD Miss 83 



XII. OUR RETURN TO THE HOME CAMP . 93 



XIII. FIERCE AND EXTENSIVE FOREST FIRES . 105 



XIV. A NIGHT IN THE OPEN . . .115 

 XV. A SMOKY ATMOSPHERE . . .124 



XVI. LOST IN A CEDAR SWAMP . . .136 



XVII. A ROMANCE OF " OUR LAKE " . . 148 



PART II 



A HUNTING TRIP IN NORTHERN BRITISH 

 COLUMBIA 



XVIII. OFF FOR THE WILDS .... 177 



XIX. SPEARING SALMON IN THE NORTHWEST . 200 



XX. WATCHING FOR BRUIN . . . 218 



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