Entered, according to the Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, by WILLIAM BRIGGS, Toronto,
in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture, at Ottawa.

TO
My Dear Mother
THIS BOOK
is
AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
BY
THE AUTHOR.

CONTENTS.

[ CHAPTER I. ]

Childhood—Indians—Canoes—"Old Isaiah"—Father goes to college

[ CHAPTER II. ]

Guardians—School—Trip to Nottawasaga—Journey to Alderville—Elder Case—The wild colt, etc

[ CHAPTER III. ]

Move into the far north—Trip from Alderville to Garden River—Father's work—Wide range of big steamboat—My trip to Owen Sound—Peril in storm—In store at Penetanguishene—Isolation—First boat—Brother David knocked down

[ CHAPTER IV. ]