CEDAR CREEK

FROM THE SHANTY TO THE SETTLEMENT

A Tale of Canadian Life

BY THE AUTHOR OF

'GOLDEN HILLS, A TALE OF THE IRISH FAMINE' 'THE FOSTER-BROTHERS OF DOON,' ETC.

LONDON THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY

56 Paternoster Row, 65 St. Paul's Churchyard And 164 Piccadilly

MORRISON AND GIBB, EDINBURGH, PRINTERS TO HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER

I. WHY ROBERT WYNN EMIGRATED

II. CROSSING THE 'FERRY'

III. UP THE ST. LAWRENCE

IV. WOODEN-NESS

V. DEBARKATION

VI. CONCERNING AN INCUBUS

VII. THE RIVER HIGHWAY

VIII. 'JEAN BAPTISTE' AT HOME

IX. 'FROM MUD TO MARBLE'

X. CORDUROY

XI. THE BATTLE WITH THE WILDERNESS BEGINS

XII. CAMPING IN THE BUSH

XIII. THE YANKEE STOREKEEPER

XIV. THE 'CORNER'

XV. ANDY TREES A 'BASTE'

XVI. LOST IN THE WOODS

XVII. BACK TO CEDAR CREEK

XVIII. GIANT TWO-SHOES

XIX. A MEDLEY

XX. THE ICE-SLEDGE

XXI. THE FOREST-MAN

XXII. SILVER SLEIGH-BELLS

XXIII. STILL-HUNTING

XXIV. LUMBERERS

XXV. CHILDREN OF THE FOREST

XXVI. ON A SWEET SUBJECT

XXVII. A BUSY BEE

XXVIII. OLD FACES UPON NEW NEIGHBOURS

XXIX. ONE DAY IN JULY

XXX. VISITORS AND VISITED

XXXI. SUNDAY IN THE FOREST

XXXII. HOW THE CAPTAIN CLEARED HIS BUSH

XXXIII. THE FOREST ON FIRE

XXXIV. TRITON AMONG MINNOWS

XXXV. THE PINK MIST

XXXVI. BELOW ZERO

XXXVII. A CUT, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

XXXVIII. JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES

XXXIX. SETTLER THE SECOND

XL. AN UNWELCOME SUITOR

XLI. THE MILL-PRIVILEGE

XLII. UNDER THE NORTHERN LIGHTS

XLIII. A BUSH-FLITTING

XLIV. SHOVING OF THE ICE

XLV. EXEUNT OMNES