Author Of “Life In The Clearings,” “Flora Lyndsay,"
“Geoffrey Moncton,” Etc., Etc.
I sketch from Nature, and the picture's true;
Whate'er the subject, whether grave or gay,
Painful experience in a distant land
Made it mine own.
New York:
John W. Lovell Company,
14 And 16 Vesey Street.
CONTENTS
DETAILED CONTENTS
LIFE IN THE BACKWOODS
CHAPTER I. A JOURNEY TO THE WOODS.
CHAPTER II. THE WILDERNESS, AND OUR INDIAN FRIENDS.
CHAPTER III. BURNING THE FALLOW.
CHAPTER IV. OUR LOGGING-BEE.
CHAPTER V. A TRIP TO STONY LAKE
CHAPTER VI. DISAPPOINTED HOPES.
CHAPTER VII. THE LITTLE STUMPY MAN.
CHAPTER VIII. THE FIRE.
CHAPTER IX. THE OUTBREAK.
CHAPTER X. THE WHIRLWIND.
CHAPTER XI. THE WALK TO DUMMER.
CHAPTER XII. A CHANGE IN OUR PROSPECTS.
CHAPTER XIII. THE MAGIC SPELL.
THE MAPLE-TREE.
DETAILED CONTENTS
CHAP. I. —A Journey to the Woods—Corduroy Roads—No Ghosts in Canada
CHAP. II. —The Wilderness and our Indian Friends—The House on Fire—No Papoose; the Mother all alone
CHAP. III. —Running the Fallow—A Wall of Fire—“But God can save us yet.”
CHAP. IV. —Our Logging Bee—“Och! my ould granny taught me.”—Signal Mercies
CHAP. V. —A Trip to Stony Lake—A Feast in an Outhouse—The Squatter's Log Hut
CHAP. VI. —Disappointed Hopes—Milk, Bread and Potatoes our only Fare—The Deer Hunt
CHAP. VII. —The Little Stumpy Man—Hiding from the Sheriff—An ill-natured volunteer
CHAP. VIII. —The Fire—“Oh, dear Mamma, do save Papa's Flute”—“No time to be clane!”
CHAP. IX. —The Outbreak—Moodie joins the Volunteers—“Scribblin' and Scrabblin' when you should be in bed”
CHAP. X. —The Whirlwind—Two Miles of Trees Levelled to the Ground—Sick Children
CHAP. XI. —The Walk to Dummer—Honest, Faithful Jenny—A sad History—Tried and Found most Faithful
CHAP. XII. —A Change in our Prospects—In a Canoe—Nearing the Rapids—Dandelion Coffee
CHAP. XIII. —The Magic Spell—“The Sleighs are Come!”—Leaving the Bush—End of Life in the Backwoods
LIFE IN THE BACKWOODS
A SEQUEL TO ROUGHING IT IN THE BUSH.
