INDEX
Affection, misplaced: an instance of, [157], [158].
Altnaharra: [111].
Alt-Prags, the Baths of: their venerable appearance, [202].
Ambrose, of Milan: his compliment to the Grayling, [286].
Ampersand: derivation of the name, [70];
the mountain, [71];
the lake, [89];
the river, [71].
Ananias: a point named after him, [254].
Anglers: the pretensions of rustic, exposed, [30];
a friendly folk, [145], [146].
Angling: its attractions, [3]-[5];
an education in, [4] ff.;
Dr. Paley’s attachment to, [136];
a benefaction to fish, [159].
Antinoüs: the cause of his death, [17].
Architecture: prevailing style on the Ristigouche, [144];
the superiority of a tent to other forms of, [300];
domestic types in Canada, [238], [239].
Arnold, Matthew: quoted, [140].
Aussee: [272].
Baldness: in mountains and men, [85].
Barrie, J. M.: [97].
Bartlett, Virgil: a tribute to his memory, [72], [73].
Bear-stories: their ubiquity, [62].
Bellinghausen, von Münch: quoted, [297].
Birds: a good way to make their acquaintance, [24];
differences in character, [25]-[27];
a convocation of, [321].
Blackbird, [339].
Cat-bird, [24].
Chickadee, [322].
Crossbill, [322].
Crow, Hoodie, [115].
Cuckoo, [190].
Ducks, “Betseys,” [229].
Eagle, [112].
Grouse, Ruffed, [81].
Gull, [229].
Kingfisher, [27], [162], [229].
Kinglet, ruby, and golden-crowned, [321], [322].
Laverock, [339].
Meadow-lark, [4].
Oriole, [25].
Owl, Great Horned, [62].
Pewee, Wood, [25].
Pine-Siskin, [323].
Redpoll, [322].
Sand-piper, Spotted, [24].
Sheldrake, [77].
Shrike, [323].
Sparrow, Tree, [323].
Sparrow, White-throated, [162], [333].
Thistle-bird, [4].
Thrush, Wood, [28].
Warbler, black-throated green, [82].
Warbler, various kinds of Canada, [321].
Woodpecker, Great-pileated, [322].
Woodpecker, Red-headed, [81].
Yellow-throat, Maryland, [24].
Bishops: the proper costume for, [30];
a place frequented by, [177].
Black, William: his “Princess of Thule,” [97] ff.
Black-fly: his diabolical nature, [246].
Blackmore, R. D.: quoted, [37].
Blunderhead: a winged idiot, [245].
Boats: Adirondack, [76].
Bonaparte, Napoleon: as a comrade on foot, [17].
Bridges, Robert: quoted, [93].
Burroughs, John: his views on walking, [67];
his essays, [331].
Byron, George, Lord: misquoted, [282], [283].
Cambridge: looks best from the rear, [21].
Camping-out: a first experience, [60]-[64];
lessons to be learned from it, [65];
discretion needed in, [301];
skill of guides in preparation for, [317].
Character: expressed in looks, [14].
Chub: a mean fish, [276]-[277].
Cities: enlivened by rivers, [21].
Conservatism: Scotch style of, [108].
Contentment: an example of, [316].
Conversation: best between two, [125];
the most valuable kind, [128];
egoism the salt of, [156];
the fine art of, [163], [164];
current coin in, [247].
Cook: the blessing of having a good-humoured, [229], [230].
Cotton, Charles: quoted, [286].
Courtesy: in a custom-house officer, [174];
among the Tyrolese peasants, [209];
of a French Canadian, [231].
Cow-boy: pious remark of a, [34].
Cowley, Abraham: on littleness, [17], [18].
Credulity: of anglers in regard to their own fish-stories, [330].
Crockett, S. R.: quoted, [29], [98].
Darwin, Charles: quoted, [31], [32].
Davy, Sir Humphry: quoted, [136].
Deer-hunting: in the Adirondacks, [78].
Depravity, total: in trout, [118].
Diogenes: as a bedfellow, [17].
Dolomites: described, [169]-[171] ff.
Driving: four-in-hand, [172];
after dinner, [174];
the French Canadian idea of, [237].
Economy: an instance of, [241].
Education: a wise method of, [42], [43].
Education: in a canoe, [232].
Edwards, Jonathan: his love of nature, [31], [32].
Egoism, modest: the salt of conversation, [156].
Epics: not to be taken as discouragement to lyrics, [34].
Epigrams: of small practical value, [127], [128].
Failures: the philosophic way of accounting for, [321].
Fame: the best kind of, [182].
Farming: demoralised on the Ristigouche, [142], [143].
Fashion: unnecessary for a well-dressed woman to follow, [186].
Fatherhood: the best type of, [42], [43];
its significance, [232].
Fiction: its uses, [96]-[98], [102].
Fish: fact that the largest always escape, [150].
Flowers named:
Alpenrosen, [168], [189], [210].
Anemone, [4].
Arrow-head, [13].
Bear-berry (Clintonia borealis), [312].
Bee-balm, [23].
Canada May-flower, [312].
Cardinal flower, [24].
Cinquefoil, [23].
Clover, [188].
Crowfoot, [23].
Dahlia, [238].
Daisy, ox-eye, [14].
Dandelion, [4].
Dwarf cornel, [312].
Fireweed, [241].
Forget-me-not, [188].
Fuchsia, [115].
Gentian, Alpine, [188].
Gentian, closed, [24], [257], [313].
Hare-bell, [23].
Hepatica, [23].
Hollyhock, [238].
Joe-Pye weed, [257].
Knot-weed, [13].
Ladies’-tresses, [313].
Loose-Strife, yellow, [23], [312].
Meadow-rue, [227].
Orchis, purple-fringed, [23], [227], [313], [314].
Pansy, [209].
Partridge-berry, [312].
Polygala, fringed, [100].
Pyrola, [227].
Santa Lucia, [188].
Self-heal, [24].
Snow-berry, [312].
Spring-beauty, [23].
St. John’s-wort, [24].
Star-grass, [24].
Tansy, [39].
Trillium, painted, [23].
Tulips, [3].
Twisted-stalk, [312].
Violet, [23].
Wake-Robin, [312].
Flowers: Nature’s embroidery, [23], [24], [187], [227], [312];
the pleasure of knowing by name, [313], [314];
second bloom of, [333], [334].
Forests: the mid-day silence of, [81];
flowers in, [188], [189], [227], [311]-[314].
Friendship: the great not always adapted for it, [17];
pleasure in proximity, [13];
a celestial gift, [124].
Gay, John: quoted, [9].
Germans: their sentiment, [193], [194];
their genius for thoroughness, [197];
their politeness, [288].
Gilbert, W. S.: quoted, [42].
Goat’s-milk: the proper way to drink it, [168];
obliging disposition of the goat in regard to it, [211].
Gray, Thomas: quoted, [27].
Grayling: described, [285]-[287].
Gross-Venediger: the, [210]-[214].
Guides: Adirondack, [76];
Halleck, Fitz-Greene: quoted, [247].
Hallstatt: [278].
Haste: the folly of, [146], [147].
Hazlitt, William: quoted, [267].
Heine, Heinrich: quoted, [227].
Hoosier Schoolmaster, the: the solidity of his views, [14].
Hornet: the unexpected quality of his sting, [79], [80].
Horse-yacht: a description of, [138];
drawbacks and advantages, [146], [147].
Hospitality: in a Highland cottage, [115], [116];
among anglers, [144];
in an Alpine hut, [211].
Housekeeping: the ideal, [315].
Human nature: best seen in little ways, [31], [32];
a touch of, [318].
Humour: American, difficult for foreigners, [177];
plain, best enjoyed out-of-doors, [224], [25].
Idealist: a boy is the true, [51].
Ideals: the advantage of cherishing, [240].
Idleness: occasionally profitable, [34].
Immortality: the hope of, [130];
love makes it worth having, [335].
Indian: the noble, [247].
Insects: classified according to malignity, [245] ff.
James, Henry: his accuracy in words, [30].
Johnson, Robert Underwood: quoted, [23], [24].
Kenogami, Lake, [316] ff.
Lairg, [140].
Lake George, [44] ff.
Lamb, Charles: his poor opinion of aqueducts, [13];
his disinclination to reading out-of-doors, [331].
Lanier, Sidney: quoted, [28].
Lienz, [203] ff.
Life: more in it than making a living, [35], [36].
Littleness: praised, [17], [18].
London: the way to see, [21].
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth: quoted, [187].
Love: a boy’s introduction to, [50];
the true meaning of, [132];
uncertainty of its course, [326].
Lowell, James Russell: a reminiscence of him, [10].
Luck: defined, [64].
Lucretius, T.: quoted, [18].
Lumbermen: their share in making our homes, [264].
Mabie, Hamilton W.: quoted, [216].
“Maclaren, Ian,” [97].
Manners: their charm, when plain and good, [209].
Marvell, Andrew: quoted, [226].
Medicinal Springs: an instance of their harmlessness, [59], [60].
Meditation: an aid to, [161];
on the building of a house, [264];
at nightfall, [290].
Melvich, [113].
Memory: associated with odours, [39];
capricious, [120];
awakened by a word, [217];
sweetest when shared by two, [335].
Metapedia, [137].
Midges: animated pepper, [228].
Milton, John: quoted, [316], [332].
Mint: a symbol of remembrance, [40], [41].
Misurina, Lake, [195].
Mountains: their influence, [11];
invitations to climb, [71], [72];
growth of trees upon them, [83]-[85];
the Adirondacks, [87];
the Dolomites, [169] ff.;
the Hohe Tauern, [205] ff.;
of the Salzkammergut, [270] ff.
Mountain-climbing: charms of, [79] ff.;
moderation in, [187];
disappointment in, [213], [214].
Mosquito: his mitigating qualities, [246].
Naaman, the Syrian: his sentiment about rivers, [16].
Naming things: pleasure of, [313].
Navigable rivers: defined, [60].
Neu-Prags: the Baths of, [201].
Noah: a question about, [164].
Nuvolau, Mount, [187] ff.
Old Age: sympathy with youth, [126];
the wisdom and beauty of, [128]-[130];
preparation for, [333].
Ouananiche, [228], [235], [236], [252], [253], [256]-[258], [306] ff., [330].
Oven: the shrine of the good housewife, [240].
Paley, the Rev. Dr.: quoted, [135].
Patience: not the only virtue, [46].
Peasant-life: the perils of, in the Tyrol, [206]-[208].
Perch: a good fish for nurses to catch, [44].
Philosophers: a camp of, [88];
their explanation of humour, [167].
Philosophy: of a happy life, [128];
of travel, [167];
of success, [183];
of perpetual youth, [333]-[335].
Photography: its difficulties, [89]-[91];
a good occupation for young women, [146].
Pian, Mount, [196].
Pleasures: simple, not to be purchased with money, [165].
Plenty: a symbol of, [72].
Prayer: the secret of peace, [130], [131];
in a Tyrolese hut, [211];
thoughts almost as good as, [293].
Preaching: under supervision, [103].
Predestination: an instance of faith in, [114].
Prime, W. C.: quoted, [302].
Pronunciation: courage in, [141].
Prosperity: should be prepared for in the time of adversity, [240].
Quarles, Francis: his emblems, [39].
Quebec, [297].
Railway travel: beside a little river, [19];
its general character, [168].
Rapids, [222] ff.
Relations: the advantage of temporary separation from, [315];
distinguished from connections by marriage, [316].
Religion: the best evidence of, [130].
Resignation: the courage of old age, [128].
Rivers: their personality, [9], [13];
in different countries, [15];
little ones the best, [16]-[19];
methods of knowing them, [22], [33];
advantages of their friendship, [22]-[30];
their small responsibilities, [33];
pleasure of watching them, 161;
variety of life upon, 236;
disconsolate when dry, [250];
merry in the rain, [272];
the voice of, [327].
Rivers named:
Abana, [17].
Æsopus, [20].
Allegash, [18].
Amazon, [18].
Aroostook, [18].
Ausable, [18].
Batiscan, [15].
Blanche, [250].
Boquet, [15].
Cam, [21].
Connecticut, [16].
Dee, [123].
Delaware, [16].
Des Aunes, [237].
Drau, [203].
French Broad, [20].
Glommen, [20].
Grand Décharge, [220] ff., [302] ff.
Gula, [20].
Halladale, [19].
Hudson, [16].
Isel, [203].
La Belle Rivière, [220], [317] ff.
La Pipe, [220].
Lycoming, [53].
Metapedia, [142].
Mississippi, [18].
Mistassini, [220].
Mistook, [229].
Moose, [18].
Niagara, [18].
Opalescent, [63].
Ouiatchouan, [220].
Patapedia, [142].
Penobscot, [19].
Peribonca, [19], [220], [259] ff.
Pharpar, [17].
Pikouabi, [220].
Quatawamkedgwick, [142].
Raquette, [18].
Rauma, [19].
Rocky Run, [54].
Rotha, [19].
Saguenay, [219].
Salzach, [19].
Traun, [267] ff.
Tweed, [19].
Upsalquitch, [142].
Wharfe, [226].
Ziller, [19].
Roberval, [220].
Rome: the best point of view in, [21].
Rudder Grange: the author of, [14].
St. John, Lake: [218] ff., [298] ff.
Salmon: a literary, [106];
curious habit of leaping on Sunday, [162];
manner of angling for, [151]-[153].
Sea, the: disadvantages of loving, [10].
Semiramis: her husband, [17].
Seneca, L. Annæus: his advice concerning altars, [12].
Scotch character: contrasted with the English, [107]-[110];
Orthodoxy, [119];
Seriousness: may be carried too far, [34].
Shakspere, William: quoted, [295].
Slosson, Annie Trumbull: her story of Fishin’ Jimmy, [331].
Solomon: improved, [42];
quoted, [104].
Songs, French, [324] ff.
Stevenson, Robert Louis: on rivers, [8];
on friendship between young and old, [127];
his last prayer, [131];
on camping-out, [318].
Stornoway, [100] ff.
Sunday: reflections upon, [159]-[161];
a good way to spend, [331]-[333].
Sun-fish: their superciliousness when over-fed, [44].
Tea: preferred to whisky, [233].
Tennyson, Alfred: quoted, [14], [27], [33], [53], [141], [251].
Tents: their superiority to houses, [299], [300].
Time, old Father: the best way to get along with, [146].
Titian: his landscapes, [173].
Toblach, Lake of, [198]-[200].
Trees: their human associations, [10]-[12];
their growth on mountains, [83]-[85];
advisability of sparing, [238];
on their way to market, [250];
their personality, [302].
Trees named:
Ash, [270].
Balsam, [83], [227], [251], [301], [314].
Beech, [81].
Birch, white, [55], [226], [257], [303] ff.
Birch, yellow, [80].
Cedar, white, [226], [251], [256].
Hemlock, [16], [25], [54], [83], [85], [301].
Horse-chestnut, [10].
Pine, [84].
Spruce, [16], [83]-[85], [226], [248], [251], [256], [301], [317].
Trout-fishing: a beginning at, [46];
a specimen of, [74];
in Scotland, [110], [111], [116]-[118];
in the Traum, [269] ff.;
in Canada, [149], [242] ff., [318] ff.
Universe: no man responsible for the charge of it, continuously, [34].
Utilitarianism: a mistake, [40].
Venice: in warm weather, [167], [168].
Veracity: affected by fish, [254].
Virgil: quoted, [269].
Walton, Izaak: quoted, [33], [36], [75], [165], [276];
his ill fortune as a fisherman, [163].
Warner, Charles Dudley: his description of an open fire, [19].
Watts, Isaac: quoted, [18].
Whitman, Walt: quoted, [256].
Wilson, John: his description of a bishop, [31];
his skepticism about all fish stories but his own, [330].
Wolfgang, Saint: his lake, [288];
his good taste, [289].
Women: prudence in expressing an opinion about, [18];
more conservative than men, [184];
problematic quality of, [297];
generous rivals (in angling), [311].
Words: their magic, [217].
Wordsworth, William: quoted, [27], [120], [229], [250].
Youth: the secret of preserving it, [334].
Transcriber’s note.
The original punctuation and spelling has been preserved, except on Page 320, where a double quotation mark before “But” has been removed.