Traill, Catharine Parr, 1802-1899 / 2008-06-05 00:00:00
EBOOK, IN THE FOREST ***
E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, John R. Bilderback, Charles Franks,
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from
images generously made available by the Canadian Institute for Historical
Microreproductions.
Editorial note:
This book is essentially identical to LADY MARY AND HER NURSE,
by Mrs. Traill, Project Gutenberg EBook #6479, etext04/ldmrn10.xxx,
but the two come from different sources.
IN THE FOREST
or, PICTURES OF LIFE AND SCENERY IN THE WOODS OF CANADA
A TALE BY MRS. TRAILL
WITH 19 ILLUSTRATIONS
1881
[Illustration: A NARROW ESCAPE]
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
PART I--Lady Mary reads to Mrs. Frazer the First Part of the History
of the Squirrel Family
PART II--Which tells how the Gray Squirrels fared while they remained on
Pine Island--How they behaved to their poor Relations, the Chipmunks--And
what happens to them in the Forest
PART III--How the Squirrels got to the Mill at the Rapids--And what
happened to the Velvet-paw
CHAPTER IV
Squirrels--The Chipmunks--Docility of a Pet One--Roguery of a Yankee
Pedlar--Return of the Musical Chipmunk 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.
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