INDEX 



Abbitibbe River, 154 

 Abies canadensis, 29 

 Acadian owl, 144 

 jEgialitis semipalmata, 133 

 Albany River, 146 

 Alder tree, 221 

 Alemipigon Lake, 338 

 Ri%'er, 338 

 American apple, 289 



„ English, 282-285 

 A "mill" in the backwoods, 186- 



188 

 Anus boscas, 79 



,, obscura, 79, 158 

 ,, strepera, 79 

 Anticosti Island, 168 

 Apple-paring frolic, 210 

 Aquila chrysaetus, 145 

 Arctic fox, 38 

 Asio amcricanus, 145 



,, ottis, 145 

 Assiniboine, 79 

 Avocet, 153 



Backwoodsmen, 262 



Badger, 39-40 



Bass, 3 



Bats, 152, 290 



Bav of Clear Waters, 341 



Bear, 97-100, 120, 138, 154, 158- 



159, 168, 179 

 Bear and honey, 266 

 Beaver, 156-158 

 Beaver-meadows, 157, 214 

 Beaver Bay, 337 

 Beaver River, 337 

 Bee, wild, 263-268 



,, hunting, 265 

 " Bee," husking, 205-209 



,, spelling, 205 

 Beech woods, 215 

 Bernicla brenta, var., glaucogaster, 



132 

 Bernicla canadensis^ 83, 132 

 Black cherry, 288 



Block-house, 14 

 Blood-drinking, 35 

 Bonasa uvibellus, 52, 223 

 Boss, origin of the word, 209 

 Brent goose, 132 

 Brown bat, 290 

 Bull, the, 175 

 Bull-frogs, 223 

 "Burning off," 228-230^ 

 Butcheries by Indians, 316 



Calcarius lapponicus, 5 

 Canachites canadensis, 52, 223 

 Canadian goose, 132 



,, independence, 17 

 ,, partridge, 52 

 Canis lagopus, 38 

 Canoes, 64 



,, north, 65 

 Canotcs de maitre, 64 

 Caprimulgus virginianus, 95 

 Cariboo, 45, 48, 119, 122 

 Castor, 157 



Caverns on Superior, 323, 325 

 Cedar swamp, 221 

 Celibacy, 233 

 Cerasus depressa, 288 



,, nigra, 288 

 Chekoutimiens River, 177 

 Chickaree, 146, 254 

 Chipmunk, 224-225 

 Chippy, 68 

 Chompel, 10 

 Chordeilcs virginianus, 95 

 Chrysomitris tristis, 105 

 Chuckochilgegan, 10 

 Cider-royal, 209 

 Cities and towns, terms, 314 

 Clangula islandica, 133 

 Cliffs at James Bay, 150 

 Clothes moth, 128 

 Colaptus auratus, 224 

 Coloured rocks, 322 



waterfalls, 339 

 Golymbus auritus, 333 



