Chapter VII: Part 7

Scootchers, 20-22. Scotch, the, their ideas of self-punishment, 130, 131. Scotch, the language, 57. Scottish Grays, 27. Self-punishment, 130, 131. Settlers in Wisconsin, 211-220, 222-226. Shrike, a burglarious, 195-198. Siddons, Mungo, 8, 9, 12, 30. Skaters (insects), 115. Skylark, 46-48. Snake, blow, 111. Snakes, 110-112. Snipe, a case of difficult parturition, 134. Snipe, jack, 73. Snowstorms, 206. Southey, Robert, his “Inchcape Bell,” 5, 6. Sow, the old, 88, 89. Sparrow, song, 143. Spermophile, _or_ ground squirrel, a frozen, 135, 136. Spirit-rappings, 210, 211. Squirrel, flying, 192. Squirrel, gray, 190-192. Squirrel, ground. _See_ Gophers _and_ Spermophile. State Fair, 260, 261, 269-272. Stirling, Professor, 275, 276. Strawberries, wild, 122. Sunfish, 116. Swamps, 208, 209. Swans, wild, 149. Swimming, 124-129.

Tanager, scarlet, 143. Thermometer, a large, 258, 259. Thrasher, brown, 139, 140. Thrush, brown. _See_ Thrasher. Thunder-storms, 75, 76. Trap, the steel, 180. Tuberculosis, 212, 213. Turk’s-turban, 122. Turtle, snapping, 80.

Vaccination, 11.

Water-boatmen, 115. Water-bugs, 114. Water-lily, 118, 119. Well, digging a, 231-234. Whippings, 84-87. Whip-poor-will, 68, 69. Wiard, an inventor, 272, 273. Wilson, Alexander, account of fish hawk and bald eagle, 51, 52. Wind-flower, 119-121. Wisconsin, settling in, 58-62; life in, 62-287.

Woodpecker, red-headed, 66; drowning, 131-133; shot and resurrected, 175, 176.

Woodpeckers, nest-holes and young, 65, 66. Wrecks, 38, 39.

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