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Catharine Parr Traill. Afar in the Forest; or, Pictures of life and scenery in the wilds of Canada
Afar in the Forest; or, Pictures of life and scenery in the wilds of Canada
Table of Contents
AFAR IN THE FOREST
CHAPTER I
THE FLYING SQUIRREL—ITS FOOD—STORY OF A WOLF—INDIAN VILLAGE—WILD RICE
CHAPTER II
SLEIGHING—SLEIGH ROBES—FUR CAPS—OTTER SKINS—OLD. SNOW-STORM—OTTER HUNTING—OTTER SLIDES—INDIAN NAMES—REMARKS ON WILD ANIMALS AND THEIR HABITS
CHAPTER III
LADY MARY READS TO MRS. FRAZER THE FIRST PART OF THE HISTORY OF THE SQUIRREL FAMILY
Part I
THE HISTORY OF A SQUIRREL FAMILY
Part II
WHICH TELLS HOW THE GRAY SQUIRRELS GET ON WHILE THEY REMAINED ON PINE ISLAND—HOW THEY BEHAVED TO THEIR POOR RELATIONS, THE CHITMUNKS—AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM IN THE FOREST
Part III
HOW THE SQUIRRELS GOT TO THE MILL AT THE RAPIDS—AND WHAT HAPPENED TO VELVET-PAW
CHAPTER IV
SQUIRRELS—THE CHITMUNKS—DOCILITY OF A PET ONE—ROGUERY OF A YANKEE. PEDLAR—RETURN OF THE MUSICAL CHITMUNK TO HIS MASTER'S BOSOM—SAGACITY OF A BLACK SQUIRREL
CHAPTER V
INDIAN BASKETS—THREAD PLANTS—MAPLE SUGAR-TREE—INDIAN. ORNAMENTAL WORKS—RACOONS
CHAPTER VI
CANADIAN BIRDS—SNOW SPARROW—ROBIN REDBREAST—CANADIAN FLOWERS—AMERICAN PORCUPINE
CHAPTER VII
INDIAN BAG—INDIAN EMBROIDERY—BEAVER'S TAIL—BEAVER ARCHITECTURE—HABITS OF THE BEAVER—BEAVER TOOLS—BEAVER MEADOWS
CHAPTER VIII
INDIAN BOY AND HIS PETS—TAME BEAVER AT HOME—KITTEN, WILDFIRE—PET RACOON AND THE SPANIEL PUPPIES—CANADIAN FLORA
CHAPTER IX
NURSE TELLS LADY MARY ABOUT A LITTLE BOY WHO WAS EATEN BY A BEAR IN THE PROVINCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK—OF A BABY THAT WAS CARRIED AWAY, BUT TAKEN ALIVE—A WALK IN THE GARDEN—HUMMING-BIRDS—CANADIAN BALSAMS
CHAPTER X
AURORA BOREALIS, OR NORTHERN LIGHTS, MOST FREQUENTLY SEEN IN NORTHERN. CLIMATES—CALLED MERRY DANCERS—ROSE TINTS—TINT-LIKE APPEARANCE—LADY MARY FRIGHTENED
CHAPTER XI
STRAWBERRIES—CANADIAN WILD FRUITS—WILD RASPBERRIES—THE HUNTER AND THE LOST CHILD—CRANBERRIES—CRANBERRY MARSHES—NUTS
CHAPTER XII
GARTER-SNAKES—RATTLE-SNAKES—ANECDOTE OF A LITTLE BOY—FISHERMAN AND SNAKE—SNAKE CHARMERS—SPIDERS—LAND-TORTOISE
CHAPTER XIII
ELLEN AND HER PET FAWNS—DOCILITY OF FAN—JACK'S DROLL TRICKS—AFFECTIONATE WOLF—FALL FLOWERS—DEPARTURE OF LADY MARY—THE END
APPENDIX
LIST OF INDIAN WORDS
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