CONTENTS 



PART I. 

 CHAPTER I. 



PAGE 



New Brunswick : General Sketch of its Resources, Physical 

 Aspect, Climate, and Natural Products — Arrival at St. John — 

 Local Politics — River Scenery — Fredericton — Natives, their 

 Past and Present — Stone Age, Sculptures, Ancient Kitchen 

 Middens — Disappearance of certain Animals during the His- 

 torical Period - _._ x 



CHAPTER II. 



Backwoods Men — Influence of the Climate on the Anglo-Saxon 

 — Modes of Living — Thoughts on Emigration — French Settlers 

 of Tracadie, Leprosy — Charms of Forest Life — Native and 

 European Myths — The Puma, Lynx, Wild Cat — Sable and its 

 varieties — Mink, Weasel — Fisher Cat, Skunk, and Otter — In- 

 crease of the Wild Quadrupeds of Nova Scotia — On Species 

 Making — Bear — Influence of Forest Reclamation on the Habits 

 of Animals — Fox and its Varieties — Albinism and Melanism - 40 



CHAPTER III. 



Aspect of the Forest after a Snow-storm — Tracks of Wild Animals 

 on the Snow — Hare ; its changes of Pile — Adaptation of the 

 Feet of Wild Animals for Snow Travelling — Feet of Moose and 

 Caribou compared — Their Habits — Extermination — Moose and 

 Irish Elk compared — On the Interment of Fossil Deer — 

 Enormous Horns of Moose — Modes of Hunting the Native Deer 

 — Origin of Moss Swamps and Caribou Barrens — The Pitcher 



