Roughing It in the Bush

About this eBook

Author

Moodie, Susanna, 1803-1885

Credits

Text file produced by Andrew Sly HTML file produced by David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

F1001: North America local history: Canada

Subject

Women pioneers -- Ontario -- Biography

Category

Text

eBook-No.

4389

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4389

Release Date

August 1, 2003

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ROUGHING IT IN THE BUSH
2. 2.By Susanna Moodie — To Agnes Strickland Author of the “Lives of the Queens of England" This simple tribute of affection is dedicated by her sister Susanna Moodie
3. 3.Transcriber's Notes on this Etext Edition.
4. 4.INTRODUCTION TO THE THIRD EDITION — Published by Richard Bentley in 1854 — BELLEVILLE, UPPER CANADA
5. 5.CANADA
6. 6.CHAPTER I — A VISIT TO GROSSE ISLE — OH! CAN YOU LEAVE YOUR NATIVE LAND?
7. 7.CHAPTER II — QUEBEC
8. 8.CHAPTER III — OUR JOURNEY UP THE COUNTRY — THERE'S REST
9. 9.CHAPTER IV — TOM WILSON'S EMIGRATION — THE LAMENT OF A CANADIAN EMIGRANT
10. 10.CHAPTER V — OUR FIRST SETTLEMENT, AND THE BORROWING SYSTEM — OH CANADA! THY GLOOMY WOODS
11. 11.CHAPTER VI — OLD SATAN AND TOM WILSON'S NOSE — THE BACKWOODSMAN
12. 12.CHAPTER VII — UNCLE JOE AND HIS FAMILY — THE SLEIGH-BELLS
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII — JOHN MONAGHAN — THE EMIGRANT'S BRIDE
14. 14.CHAPTER IX — PHOEBE R——, AND OUR SECOND MOVING — THE FAITHFUL HEART THAT LOVES THEE STILL
15. 15.CHAPTER X — BRIAN, THE STILL-HUNTER — THE DYING HUNTER TO HIS DOG
16. 16.CHAPTER XI — THE CHARIVARI — — TO THE WOODS!—TO THE WOODS! — J.W.D.M.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII — THE VILLAGE HOTEL — STANZAS — J.W.D.M.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII — THE LAND-JOBBER — J.W.D.M. — OH, LET ME SLEEP! — J.W.D.M.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV — A JOURNEY TO THE WOODS — THE OTONABEE
20. 20.CHAPTER XV — THE WILDERNESS, AND OUR INDIAN FRIENDS — THE INDIAN FISHERMAN'S LIGHT
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI — BURNING THE FALLOW — THE FORGOTTEN DREAM
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII — OUR LOGGING-BEE — J.W.D.M. — THE EMIGRANT'S FAREWELL
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII — A TRIP TO STONY LAKE — A CANADIAN SONG
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX — THE “OULD DHRAGOON” — J.W.D.M.
25. 25.CHAPTER XX — DISAPPOINTED HOPES — THE CANADIAN HUNTER'S SONG
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI — THE LITTLE STUMPY MAN — OH, THE DAYS WHEN I WAS YOUNG! — J.W.D.M.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII — THE FIRE — THE BEARS OF CANADA — J.W.D.M.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII — THE OUTBREAK — AN ADDRESS TO THE FREEMEN OF CANADA — THE OATH OF THE CANADIAN VOLUNTEERS — THE BURNING OF THE CAROLINE
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV — THE WHIRLWIND — S.S. — A SONG OF PRAISE TO THE CREATOR — J.W.D.M.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV — THE WALK TO DUMMER — THE CONVICT'S WIFE
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI — A CHANGE IN OUR PROSPECTS — THE MAGIC SPELL — J.W.D.M.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII — ADIEU TO THE WOODS — THE MAPLE-TREE — A CANADIAN SONG
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII — CANADIAN SKETCHES — GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
34. 34.APPENDIX A — ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD EDITION
35. 35.APPENDIX B — CANADA: A CONTRAST
36. 36.APPENDIX C — JEANIE BURNS

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