TABLE OF CONTENTS 
     
    
   
   
    
     CHAPTER I PAGE 
     
    
   
   
    
     THE SURROUNDINGS AND SCENES OF MY BOYHOOD 7 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Island; “Abegweit.” The seas and lakes. Shipwrecks. Iceboats. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Forests and wild life. “The Old Oaken Bucket,” Gardens and 
     
     Flowers. 
     
    
   
   
    
     "I" 
     
    
   
   
    
     CHAPTER II 
     
    
   
   
    
     WILD ANIMALS AND BIRDS 18 
     
     l. ANIMALS 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dangerous seal hunting. Bears and bear hunts. Big Rory kills a 
     
     bear with his fists. How the bear drove the pig. Jim’s wild race 
     
     past bears. An exciting bear hunt at night. Foxes and their habits. 
     
     Catching a fox with a fish hook. Hunting rabbits. How a rabbit 
     
     uses his ears. The flying squirrels. 
     
    
   
   
    
     2. BIRDS 
     
    
   
   
    
     Their migration. Their songs and noises and habits. Their nests. 
     
     Domestic animals and birds. Springtime on the farm. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CHAPTER III 
     
    
   
   
    
     MY BOYHOOD HOME 40 
     
    
   
   
    
     My parents and brothers and sisters. The log house. The big fire- 
     
     place. Home and community festivals. The spirit of Christmas. 
     
     Cod oil lamps and tallow dips. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CHAPTER IV 
     
     HOME INDUSTRIES 46 
     
    
   
   
    
     Stormy days and evenings. Flailing grain. The treadmills. The grist 
     
     mill. Husking barley. Whipsawing. Evenings at home. Sheep shear— 
     
     ing. The lost mothers. Marking the lambs. Boys and girls in sheep’s 
     
    
   
   
    
     clothing. The loom. Flax braking. Maple sugar making. Soap 
     
     making. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CHAPTER V 
     
    
   
   
    
     SPORTS AND HOME DUTIES 55 
     
    
   
   
    
     Skating. Coasting. A wild coast through a tunnel. Fishing. Yielding 
     
     to temptation. Out on the sea. Shipping cattle off shore. Herding 
     
     the cattle. On a sinking raft. The snake farm. How a snake takes 
     
     its meals. How a snake changes its clothes. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CHAPTER VI 
     
    
   
   
    
     EXCITING EXPERIENCES AND NARROW ESCAPES 65 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dandy and the wildcat. Lost in the forest. Hanging head down 
     
     over a deep well. A leap in the dark. Trapping a savage dog. Sliding 
     
     toward a roaring torrent. Skating into the channel. The white mare 
     
     turns a somersault. Johnny and old Tom. Raiding an apple orchard. 
     
     Rescuing a little girl. "The Alpha” and my first sea voyage.