Wild Northern Scenes; Or, Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod

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TO JOHN H. REYNOLDS, ESQ., OF ALBANY.

THE AUTHOR. - INTRODUCTORY.

CHAPTER I. A Great Institution - CHAPTER II. Hurrah! for the Country - CHAPTER III. The Departure—The Stag Hounds—The Chase—Round Lake - CHAPTER IV. The Doctor's Story—A Slippery Fish—A Lawsuit and a Compromise - CHAPTER V. A Frightened Animal—Trolling for Trout—The Boatman's Story Defence - CHAPTER VII. Kinks!—"Dirty Dogs"—The Barking Dog that was found Dead in the Yard—The Dog that Barked himself to Death - CHAPTER VIII. Stony Brook—A Good Time with the Trout—Rackett River—Tupper's Lake—A Question Asked and Answered - CHAPTER IX. Hunting by Torchlight—An Incompetent Judge—A New Sound in the Forest—Old Sangamo's Donkey - CHAPTER X. Grindstone Brook—Forest Sounds—A Funny Tree covered with Snow Flakes - CHAPTER XI. A Convention broken up in a Row—The Chairman ejected - CHAPTER XII. The First Chain of Ponds—Shooting by Turns—Sheep Washing—A Plunge and a Dive—A Roland for an Oliver - CHAPTER XIII. A Jolly Time for the Deer—Hunting on the Water by Daylight—Mud Lake—Funereal Scenery—A New way of Taking Rabbits—The Negro and the Merino Buck—A Collision - CHAPTER XIV. A Deer Trapped—The Result of a Combat—A Question of Mental Philosophy Discussed - CHAPTER XV. Hooking up Trout—The Left Branch—The Rapids—A Fight with a Buck - CHAPTER XVI. Round Pond—The Pile Driver—A Theory for Spiritualists - CHAPTER XVII. Little Tupper's Lake—A Spike Buck—A Thunder Storm in the Forest—The Howl of the Wolf - CHAPTER XVIII. An Exploring Voyage in an Alderswamp—A Beaver Dam—A Fair Shot and a Miss—Drowning a Bear—an Unpleasant Passenger - CHAPTER XIX. Spalding's Bear Story—Climbing to avoid a Collision—An Unexpected Meeting—A Race - CHAPTER XX. The Chase on the Island—The Chase on the Lake—The Bear—Gambling for Glory—Anecdote of Noah and the Gentleman who offered to Officiate as Pilot on Board the Ark - CHAPTER XXI. The Doctor and his Wife on a Fishing Excursion—The Law of the Case—Strong-minded Women - CHAPTER XXII. A Beautiful Flower—A New Lake—A Moose—His Capture—A Sumptuous Dinner - CHAPTER XXIII. The Cricket in the Wall—The Minister's Illustration—Old Memories - CHAPTER XXIV. The Accidents of Life—"Some Men Achieve Greatness, and Some have Greatness Thrust Upon Them"—A Slide—Rattle at the Top and an Icy Pool at the Bottom—A Fanciful Story - CHAPTER XXV. Headed Towards Home—The Martin and Sable Hunter—His Cabin—Autumnal Scenery - CHAPTER XXVI. A Surprise—A Serenade—A Visit from Strangers—An Invitation to Breakfast—A Fashionable Hour and a Bountiful Bill of Fare - CHAPTER XXVII. Would I were a Boy Again! - CHAPTER XXVIII. Headed Down Stream—Return to Tupper's Lake—The Camp on the Island - CHAPTER XXIX. A Mysterious Sound—Treed by a Moose—Angling for a Powder Horn—An Unheeded Warning and the Consequences - CHAPTER XXX. Good-bye—Floating Down the Rackett—A Black Fox—A Trick upon the Martin Trappers and its Consequences - CHAPTER XXXI. Out of the Woods—The Thousand Islands—Cape Vincent—Bass Fishing—Home—A Searcher after Truth—An Interruption—Finis - THE RIFLE AND THE ROD. - CHAPTER I. - A GREAT INSTITUTION.

CHAPTER II. - HURRAH! FOR THE COUNTRY!

CHAPTER III. - THE DEPARTURE—THE STAG HOUNDS—THE CHASE—ROUND LAKE.

CHAPTER IV. - THE DOCTOR'S STORY—A SLIPPERY FISH—A LAWSUIT AND A COMPROMISE.

CHAPTER V. - A FRIGHTENED ANIMAL—TROLLING FOR TROUT—THE BOATMAN'S STORY.

CHAPTER VI. - THE UPPER SARANAC—SPECTACLE PONDS—THE ACCUSATION AND THE DEFENCE—AN OCTOGENARIAN SMOKER.

CHAPTER VII. - KINKS!—"DIRTY DOGS"—THE BARKING DOG THAT WAS FOUND DEAD IN THE YARD—THE DOG THAT BARKED HIMSELF TO DEATH.