Index 



Mallard, 147. 



Marmot, mountain, 186. 



Meadowlark, 143. 



Meals, 42, 43; the Scotch 

 religious view of, 249, 250. 



Melons, 200. 



Minister, the blacksmith, 108; 

 his cruelty to his brother, 

 214-217. 



Moccasins, Indian, 121, 122. 



Mosquitoes, 113, 114. 



Mouse, European field, with 

 young, 3. 



Mouse, meadow, or field, 106, 

 107; eaten by a horse, 107. 



Muir, Anna, 56. 



Muir, Anne (Gilrye) (mo- 

 ther), ii, 15, 1 6, 20, 22, 



23, 28, 49, 256, 259, 260, 

 263. 



Muir, Daniel (brother), 56, 



115, 146, 223. 

 Muir, Daniel (father), 10, II, 



24, 3i, 43, 44, 49, 53-56, 

 58-61, 83, 90, 94-96, loo- 

 102,115,148,191,195,203, 

 205,218,222, 224, 226, 231- 

 234; admonitions, 76, 77; 

 Scotch correction, 84-87; 

 as a church-goer, 107, 108; 

 his advice as to swimming, 

 124; his ideas about books 

 and the Bible, 241-244; 

 rules as to going to bed and 

 getting up, 245-251; his 

 religious view of meals, 

 249, 250; and his son's in- 

 ventions, 253-258; his part- 



ing advice to his son, 262; 

 theories on bringing up 

 children, 263. 



Muir, David, II, 20-22, 43, 

 53,54,56,62,78,85-87,97, 

 110,115,125,126,223,231, 

 263, 264; kills a deer, 172- 

 174. 



Muir, John, fondness for the 

 wild, I, 49, 50; earliest re- 

 collections, 1-3 ; first school, 

 3-10, 28-30; favorite sto- 

 ries in reading-book, 4-6; 

 favorite hymns and songs, 

 9, 10; early fondness for 

 flowers, 12-14; an ear ly 

 accident, 15, 16; bathing, 

 1 6, 17; boyish sports, 17- 

 26, 40, 41 ; grammar school, 

 30-39; birds'-nesting, 44- 

 48; early interest in Amer- 

 ica, 51-53; emigration to 

 America, 53-59; settling in 

 Wisconsin, 58-62; life on 

 the Fountain Lake farm, 

 62-226; escaping a whip- 

 ping, 84-87; learning to 

 ride, 95-100; learning to 

 swim, 124-129; ambition 

 in mowing and cradling, 

 202, 223 ; put to the plough, 

 220, 221; hard work, 221- 

 224; running the breaking 

 plough, 227-229; life at 

 Hickory Hill, 230-263 ; 

 adventure in digging a well, 

 231-234; educating him- 

 self, 240-247; early rising 



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