CONTENTS. XI 



CHAPTER XVI. 



PAOK 



SIGNS OP RAIN THE TREE FROG A RAINY DAY IN THE FOREST 153 



CHAPTER XVII. 



A RAINY MORNING CLEARING UP A NEW COUNTRY A HALF- 

 BREED AND HIS FAMILY 163 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



STONEY BROOK AMPERSAND CREEK TROUT RACKET RIVER 

 A FLYING SHOT AT A BUCK 172 



CHAPTER XIX. 



A WOODMAN'S SERMON His RELIGION OP NATURE His ARGU- 

 MENT AGAINST INFIDELITY 189 



CHAPTER XX. 



THE SILENT ENERGY OF NATUREHER WORKSHOPS HER JOUR- 

 NEYMEN ...,.,. 202 



CHAPTER XXI. 



THE EAGLE AND HIS PREY THE LOON His HABITS THE PAR- 

 TRIDGE THE SQUIRREL AND THE FOREST MICE 209 



CHAPTER XXII, 



THE GRAY OWL THE WILD BIRDS THE DUMB ANIMAL WISER 

 IN HIS INSTINCTS, THAN MAN IN HIS REASON THE FOLLY 

 OF CRIME 219 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



THE JESUIT'S JOURNAL WILD BULLS AND Cows, WITH ANTLERS 

 LIKE THE STAG THE "TAMING" OF THE INDIANS .... 228 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



A WILD CAT LONG NEAK ROUND LAKE THE LOWER SARANAC 

 A FIGHT BETWEEN A PANTHER AND A BEAR . , . 236 



