The Young Fur Traders电子书

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Preface

Chapter 1 - Plunges the reader into the middle of an Arctic winter; conveys him into the heart of the wildernesses of North America; and introduces him to some of the principal personages of our tale.

Chapter 2 - The old fur-trader endeavours to “fix” his son’s “flint,” and finds the thing more difficult to do than he expected.

Chapter 3 - The counting-room.

Chapter 4 - A wolf-hunt in the prairies—Charley astonishes his father, and breaks in the “noo ’oss” effectually.

Chapter 5 - Peter Mactavish becomes an amateur doctor; Charley promulgates his views of things in general to Kate; and Kate waxes sagacious.

Chapter 6 - Spring and the voyageurs.

Chapter 7 - The store.

Chapter 8 - Farewell to Kate—Departure of the brigade—Charley becomes a voyageur.

Chapter 9 - The voyage—The encampment—A surprise.

Chapter 10 - Varieties, vexations, and vicissitudes.

Chapter 11 - Charley and Harry begin their sporting career, without much success—Whisky-John catching.

Chapter 12 - The storm.

Chapter 13 - The canoe—Ascending the rapids—The portage—Deer-shooting, and life in the woods.

Chapter 14 - The Indian camp—The new outpost—Charley sent on a mission to the Indians.

Chapter 15 - The feast—Charley makes his first speech in public, and meets with an old friend—An evening in the grass.

Chapter 16 - The return—Narrow escape—A murderous attempt, which fails—And a discovery.

Chapter 17 - The scene changes—Bachelor’s Hall—A practical Joke and its consequences—A snow-shoe walk at night in the forest.

Chapter 18 - The walk continued—Frozen toes—An encampment in the snow.

Chapter 19 - Shows how the accountant and Harry set their traps and what came of it.

Chapter 20 - The accountant’s story.

Chapter 21 - Ptarmigan-hunting—Hamilton’s shooting powers severely tested—A snowstorm.

Chapter 22 - The winter packet—Harry hears from old friends, and wishes that he was with them.

Chapter 23 - Changes—Harry and Hamilton find that variety is indeed charming—The latter astonishes the former considerably.

Chapter 24 - Hopes and fears—An unexpected meeting—Philosophical talk between the hunter and the parson.

Chapter 25 - Good news and romantic scenery—Bear-hunting and its results.

Chapter 26 - An unexpected meeting, and an unexpected deer-hunt—Arrival at the outpost—Disagreement with the natives—An enemy discovered, and a murder.

Chapter 27 - The chase—The fight—Retribution—Low spirits and good news.

Chapter 28 - Old friends and scenes—Coming events cast their shadows before.

Chapter 29 - The first day at home—A gallop in the prairie, and its consequences.

Chapter 30 - Love—Old Mr Kennedy puts his foot in it.

Chapter 31 - The course of true love, curiously enough, runs smooth for once, and the curtain falls.