Kettle-holes, 98.

Kingbird, 66, 67.

Kingston, Wis., 59-61.

Lady’s-slippers, 121, 122.

Lake Mendota, 129.

Landlord, a friendly, 264, 265.

Lark. See Skylark.

Lauderdale, Lord, his gardens, 2.

Lawson, Peter, 13, 14.

Lawson boys, 126, 127, 175.

Lightning-bugs, 71, 72.

Lilium superbum, 122.

Linnet, red-headed, 187, 188.

“Llewellyn’s Dog,” 4, 5.

Locomotive, riding on a, 267-269.

Loon, 153-158.

Lyon, Mr., teacher, 30, 37.

Maccoulough’s Course of Reading, 51.

McRath, Mr., 184, 185.

Madison, Wis.,
  State Fair at, 260, 261, 269-272;
  life in, 273-287.

Mair, George, 218, 219.

Mallard, 147.

Marmot, mountain, 186.

Meadowlark, 143.

Meals, 42, 43;
  the Scotch religious view of, 249, 250.

Melons, 200.

Minister, the blacksmith, 108;
  his cruelty to his brother, 214-217.

Moccasins, Indian, 121, 122.

Mosquitoes, 113, 114.

Mouse, European field, with young, 3.

Mouse,
  meadow, or field, 106, 107;
  eaten by a horse, 107.

Muir, Anna, 56.

Muir, Anne (Gilrye) (mother), 11, 15, 16, 20, 22, 23, 28, 49, 256,
    259, 260, 263.

Muir, Daniel (brother), 56, 115, 146, 223.

Muir, Daniel (father), 10, 11, 24, 31, 43, 44, 49, 53-56, 58-61, 83,
    90, 94-96, 100-102, 115, 148, 191, 195, 203, 205, 218, 222, 224,
    226, 231-234;
  admonitions, 76, 77;
  Scotch correction, 84-87;
  as a church-goer, 107, 108;
  his advice as to swimming, 124;
  his ideas about books and the Bible, 241-244;
  rules as to going to bed and getting up, 245-251;
  his religious view of meals, 249, 250;
  and his son’s inventions, 253-258;
  his parting advice to his son, 262;
  theories on bringing up children, 263.

Muir, David, 11, 20-22, 43, 53, 54, 56, 62, 78, 85-87, 97, 110, 115,
    125, 126, 223, 231, 263, 264;
  kills a deer, 172-174.

Muir, John,
  fondness for the wild, 1, 49, 50;
  earliest recollections, 1-3;
  first school, 3-10, 28-30;
  favorite stories in reading-book, 4-6;
  favorite hymns and songs, 9, 10;
  early fondness for flowers, 12-14;
  an early accident, 15, 16;
  bathing, 16, 17;
  boyish sports, 17-26, 40, 41;
  grammar school, 30-39;
  birds’-nesting, 44-48;
  early interest in America, 51-53;
  emigration to America, 53-59;
  settling in Wisconsin, 58-62;
  life on the Fountain Lake farm, 62-226;
  escaping a whipping, 84-87;
  learning to ride, 95-100;
  learning to swim, 124-129;
  ambition in mowing and cradling, 202, 223;
  put to the plough, 220, 221;