Alone In West Africa

A Spring Day—The Sky—The Mountains—The Streams—The Woods—The Open Fields—Domestic Animals—Poetry—The Poultry-yardA corn-planting BeeLake Horicon—Sketches of its scenery—Information for anglers—Sabbath-day Point—War memories—The Turret City—Death of a deer—Roger's Slide—Diamond Island—The snake-charmer—Snake stories—Night on the HoriconThe Scaroon Country—Scaroon Lake—Pike Fishing by Torch-light—Trout Fishing—Lyndsey's Tavern—Paradox LakeThe Adirondac Mountains—Trout Fishing in the Boreas River—A night in the woods—Moose Lake—Lake Delia—Mount Tahawas—Lakes Sanford and Henderson—The McIntyre Iron WorksJohn Cheney, the Adirondac hunter, and some of his exploitsBurlington—Lake Champlain—Distinguished MenStage-coach—The Winooski—The Green Mountains—The ruined Dwelling—The White Mountains—The Flume—A deep Pool—The Old Man of the Mountain—The Basin—Franconia Notch—View of the Mountains—Mount Washington—The Notch ValleyMontrealQuebecA sail down the St. Lawrence—Sword-Fish—Chasing a WhaleThe Saguenay River—Chicoutimi—Storm Picture—Hudson's Bay Company—Eminent Merchant—The Mountaineer Indians—Tadousac—Ruin of a Jesuit EstablishmentThe Salmon—Salmon AdventuresSeal-hunting on the St. Lawrence—The white PorpoiseThe Esquimaux Indians of LabradorThe Habitans of CanadaThe Grand Portage into New Brunswick—Lake Timiscouta—The Madawaska RiverThe AcadiansSail down the Madawaska—The Falls of the St. JohnThe Hermit of AroostookThe River St. JohnThe Penobscot RiverMoosehead Lake—The River KennebeckA Fishing Party on the Thames—Watch Hill—Night AdventuresA week in a Fishing Smack—Fisherman—A beautiful morning at sea—A day at Nantucket—Wreck of a ship—Night on the Sound