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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—OTTERHUNTING—OTTER SLIDES—INDIAN NAMES—REMARKS ON WILD ANIMALS AND THEIRHABITS

CHAPTER III.

PART I.—LADY MARY READS TO MRS. FRAZER THE FIRST PART OF THE HISTORY OFTHE SQUIRREL FAMILY

PART II.—WHICH TELLS HOW THE GREY SQUIRRELS GET ON WHILE THEY REMAINEDON 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 WHATHAPPENED TO VELVET-PAW

CHAPTER IV.

SQUIRRELS—THE CHITMUNKS—DOCILITY OF A PET ONE—ROGUERY OF A YANKEEPEDLAR—RETURN OF THE MUSICAL CHITMUNK TO HIS MASTER'S BOSOM—SAGACITY OFA 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-ROBINRED-BREAST

CHAPTER VII.

INDIAN BAG—INDIAN EMBROIDERY—BEAVER'S TAIL—BEAVER ARCHITECTURE—HABITSOF THE BEAVER—BEAVER TOOLS—BEAVER MEADOWS

CHAPTER VIII.

INDIAN BOY AND HIS PETS—TAME BEAVER AT HOME—KITTEN, WILDFIRE—PETRACOON AND THE SPANIEL PUPPIES—CANADIAN FLORA

CHAPTER IX.

NURSE TELLS LADY MARY ABOUT A LITTLE BOY WHO WAS EATEN BY A BEAR IN THEPROVINCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK—OF A BABY THAT WAS CARRIED AWAY, BUT TAKENALIVE—A WALK IN THE GARDEN—HUMMING BIRDS—CANADIAN BALSAMS

CHAPTER X.

AURORA BOREALIS, OR NORTHERN LIGHTS, MOST FREQUENTLY SEEN IN NORTHERNCLIMATES—CALLED MERRY DANCERS—ROSE TINTS—TINT-LIKE APPEARANCE—LADYMARY FRIGHTENED

CHAPTER XI

STRAWBERRIES—CANADIAN WILD FRUITS—WILD RASPBERRIES—THE HUNTER AND THELOST CHILD—CRANBERRIES—CRANBERRY MARSHES—NUTS

CHAPTER XII

GARTER SNAKES—RATTLE SNAKES—ANECDOTE OF A LITTLE BOY—FISHERMAN ANDSNAKE—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 ita little beaver?" asked the Governor's [Footnote: Lady Mary's father wasGovernor of Canada.] little daughter, as her nurse came into the roomwhere her young charge, whom we shall call Lady Mary, was playing with herdoll.