CONTENTS 
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A Thunderstorm in the Forest .... 1 
The Heart of the Mountain.10 
A Lonely Lake ........ 27 
Following a Lost Trail ...... 43 
A Night Alone on Chocorua.62 
Bringing Home the Bear.82 
The Dead Tree’s Day.96 
Migration.118 
Trapping Gnomes . . . . . . . 132 
Old Shag. 146 
My Heart’s in the Highlands.157 
The Vintage of the Leaves.168 
Chocorua in November.194 
Among the Wind-Swept Lakes . . . .211 
’Lection Day, ’92.219 
A Wintry Wilderness.230 
Climbing Bear Mountain in the Snow . . . 243 
In the Paugus Woods.252 
At the Foot of Passaconaway.264 
Christmas at Sabba Day Falls . 273 
Down the Torrent’s Pathway.285 
Index.. 295 
