Lady Mary and her Nurse
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.
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
RED-BREAST—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 OP 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—RATTLESNAKES—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.
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