Lady Mary and her Nurse

Lady Mary and her Nurse

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LADY MARY AND HER NURSE;
OR,
A PEEP INTO THE CANADIAN FOREST.
by
MRS. TRAILL

CONTENTS

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 GREY 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 FLOWERS--AMERICAN PORCUPINE--CANADIAN
BIRDS--SNOW SPARROW-ROBIN RED-BREAST
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 PAWNS--DOCILITY OF PAN--JACK'S
DROLL TRICKS-- AFFECTIONATE WOLF--FALL
FLOWERS--DEPARTURE OF LADY MARY--THE END

A PEEP INTO THE CANADIAN 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 grey feather! Is it a
little beaver?" asked the Governor's [Footnote: Lady Mary's father was
Governor of Canada.] 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 grey-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 look like leather shoes, I am very sure I should
not like to eat them; so, if you please, Mrs. Frazer, do not let me have
any beavers' tails cooked for my dinner," said the little lady in a very
decided tone.
"Indeed, my lady," replied her nurse, smiling, "it would not be an easy
thing to obtain, if you wished to taste one, for beavers are not brought
to our market. It is only the Indians and hunters who know how to