Contents 



I. A BOYHOOD IN SCOTLAND . . . . i 



Earliest Recollections — The "Dandy Doctor" 

 Terror — Deeds of Daring — The Savagery of 

 Boys — School and Fighting — Birds'-nesting. 



II. A NEW WORLD 51 



Stories of America — Glorious News — Cross- 

 ing the Atlantic — The New Home — A Baptism 

 in Nature — New Birds — The Adventures of 

 Watch — Scotch Correction — Marauding In- 

 dians. 



III. LIFE ON A WISCONSIN FARM ... 90 



Humanity in Oxen — Jack, the Pony — Learn- 

 ing to Ride — Nob and Nell — Snakes — Mosqui- 

 toes and their Kin — Fish and Fishing — Consid- 

 ering the Lilies — Learning to Swim — A Natrow 

 Escape from Drowning and a Victory — Accidents 

 to Animals. 



IV. A PARADISE OF BIRDS 137 



Bird Favorites — The Prairie Chickens — 

 Water-Fowl — A Loon on the Defensive — Pas- 

 senger Pigeons. 



V. YOUNG HUNTERS 168 



American Head-Hunters — Deer— A Resur- 

 rected Woodpecker — Muskrats — Foxes and 

 Badgers — A Pet Coon — Bathing — Squirrels 

 — Gophers — A Burglarious Shrike. 



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