In the Forest

In the Forest

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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
. 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 who 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--Tintlike
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.
List of Illustrations.
LADY MARY AND THE NOSEGAY A NARROW ESCAPE THE
FLYING SQUIRREL ADVENTURE WITH A WOLF INDIAN
WIGWAMS THE OTTERS DOLLY'S SLEIGH RIDE LADY MARY
READING HER PICTURE BOOK THE GRAY SQUIRREL AND
THE CHIPMUNKS THE PET SQUIRREL NIMBLE RECOVERING
HIS SISTER WATCHING THE BIRDS THE PRESENT FROM
FATHER BEAVERS MAKING A DAM "CAUGHT AT LAST" THE
AURORA BOREALIS THE LOST CHILD AND THE BEARS A
BOY HERO THE INDIAN HUNTER

IN THE FOREST.

CHAPTER I
.
THE FLYING SQUIRREL--ITS FOOD--STORY OF A
WOLF--INDIAN VILLAGE--WILD RICE.
"Nurse, what is the name of that pretty creature you have in your hand?
What bright eyes it has! What a soft tail--just like a gray feather! Is it a
little beaver?" asked the Governor's little daughter, as her nurse came
into the room where her young charge, whom we shall call Lady Mary,
was playing with her doll.
Carefully sheltered against her breast, its velvet nose just peeping from
beneath her muslin neckerchief, the nurse held a small gray-furred
animal, of the most delicate form and colour.
"No, my lady," she replied, "this is not a young beaver; a beaver is a
much larger animal. A beaver's tail is not covered with fur; it is scaly,
broad, and flat; it looks something like black leather, not very unlike
that of my seal-skin slippers. The Indians eat beavers' tails at their great
feasts, and think they make an excellent dish."
"If they are black, and