Davel Brae, 28-30.

Deer, 169-174.

Desk, a student’s, 283, 284.

Dick, Thomas, his Christian Philosopher, 242.

Dog, Watch, the mongrel, 77-83.

Duck, wood, 147, 148.

Ducks, wild, 147, 148.

Dunbar, Scotland,
  a boyhood in, 1-55;
  later visit to, 37, 38.

Dunbar Castle, 17.

Duncan, William, 233.

Eagle, bald, and fish hawk, 51, 52.

Early-rising machine, 252-256, 284.

Ferns, 122.

Fiddler, story of a Scotch, 130, 131.

Fighting, boys’, 28-30, 33-37.

Fireflies, 71, 72.

Fires,
  brush, 76, 77;
  household, 204;
  grass, 230;
  lighting the schoolhouse fire, 277-279.

Fishes, 115-117.

Fishing, 116, 117.

Flicker, 66.

Flowers,
  at Dunbar, 12-14;
  wild, in Wisconsin, 118-122.

Food question, the, 241-244.

Fountain Lake, 62, 115-118, 124-129.

Fountain Lake Meadow, 62, 71.

Fox River, 123, 141, 147.

Foxes, 182, 183.

Frogs, love-songs of, 74.

Fuller, 129.

Ghosts, 18, 19.

Gilrye, Grandfather, 2-4, 43, 54, 55.

Glow-worms, 72.

Goose, Canada, 149-151.

Gophers, 194-198.

Grandfather. See Gilrye, Grandfather.

Gray, Alexander, 60, 61.

Green Lake, 103, 104.

Griswold, Judge, 280-282.

Grouse, ruffed, or partridge, drumming, 72.

Grubs, 229.

Half-witted man, 214-217.

Hare, Dr., 7.

Hares, 181, 182.

Hawk, fish, and bald eagle, 51, 52.

Hawks, 66, 177.

Hell, warnings as to, 76, 77.

Hen-hawk, 66.

Hickory, 123.

Hickory Hill,
  purchase and development of the farm, 226-234;
  life at, 234-263;
  vacation work at, 279.

Holabird, Mr., 148.

Holidays, 174.

Honey-bees, 234-239.

Horses,
  the pony Jack, 95-102;
  Nob and Nell, 103-105, 107-109.

Hunt, the side, 168, 169.

Hunting expeditions, 171.

Hyla, 75.

Ice, whooping of, 207, 208.

Ice-storm, 206, 207.

“Inchcape Bell, The,” 5, 6.

Indian moccasins (flowers), 121, 122.

Indians,
  hunting muskrats, 81, 82;
  killing pigs, 88, 89;
  stealing a horse, 103-105;
  getting ducks and wild rice, 147;
  hunting coons and deer, 170;
  fond of muskrat flesh, 180;
  rights of, 218-220.

Industry, excessive, 222-226.

Insects, 113-115.

Inventions,
  on the farm, 248-261;
  introduced to the world, 260-272;
  the clock fire, 277-279;
  at the University, 283-286.

Jack, the pony, 95-102.

Jay, blue, nest, 62-65.