Contents


I. A BOYHOOD IN SCOTLAND 1

Earliest Recollections--The "Dandy Doctor" Terror--Deeds
of Daring--The Savagery of Boys--School and
Fighting--Birds'-nesting.

II. A NEW WORLD 51

Stories of America--Glorious News--Crossing the
Atlantic--The New Home--A Baptism in Nature--New
Birds--The Adventures of Watch--Scotch
Correction--Marauding Indians.

III. LIFE ON A WISCONSIN FARM 90

Humanity in Oxen--Jack, the Pony--Learning to Ride--Nob
and Nell--Snakes--Mosquitoes and their Kin--Fish and
Fishing--Considering the Lilies--Learning to Swim--A
Narrow Escape from Drowning and a Victory--Accidents to
Animals.

IV. A PARADISE OF BIRDS 137

Bird Favorites--The Prairie Chickens--Water-Fowl--A Loon
on the Defensive--Passenger Pigeons.