A Sequel To Roughing It In The Bush.

By Susanna Moodie

I sketch from Nature, and the picture's true;
Whate'er the subject, whether grave or gay,
Painful experience in a distant land
Made it mine own.

CONTENTS

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DETAILED CONTENTS

CHAP. I. —A Journey to the Woods—Corduroy Roads—No Ghosts in Canada

CHAP. II. —The Wilderness and our Indian Friends—The House on Fire—No Papoose; the Mother all alone

CHAP. III. —Running the Fallow—A Wall of Fire—“But God can save us yet.”

CHAP. IV. —Our Logging Bee—“Och! my ould granny taught me.”—Signal Mercies

CHAP. V. —A Trip to Stony Lake—A Feast in an Outhouse—The Squatter's Log Hut

CHAP. VI. —Disappointed Hopes—Milk, Bread and Potatoes our only Fare—The Deer Hunt

CHAP. VII. —The Little Stumpy Man—Hiding from the Sheriff—An ill-natured volunteer

CHAP. VIII. —The Fire—“Oh, dear Mamma, do save Papa's Flute”—“No time to be clane!”

CHAP. IX. —The Outbreak—Moodie joins the Volunteers—“Scribblin' and Scrabblin' when you should be in bed”

CHAP. X. —The Whirlwind—Two Miles of Trees Levelled to the Ground—Sick Children

CHAP. XI. —The Walk to Dummer—Honest, Faithful Jenny—A sad History—Tried and Found most Faithful

CHAP. XII. —A Change in our Prospects—In a Canoe—Nearing the Rapids—Dandelion Coffee

CHAP. XIII. —The Magic Spell—“The Sleighs are Come!”—Leaving the Bush—End of Life in the Backwoods