From the top of a hill on the north side of Lake Mendota I gained a last wistful, lingering view of the beautiful University grounds and buildings where I had spent so many hungry and happy and hopeful days.  There with streaming eyes I bade my blessed Alma Mater farewell.  But I was only leaving one University for another, the Wisconsin University for the University of the Wilderness.

THE END

Index

America,
  early interest in, 51-53;
  emigration to, 53-59.

Anderson, Mr., 216, 217.

Anemone patens var. Nuttalliana, 119-121.

Animals,
  man’s tyranny over, 83, 84, 109, 110, 181;
  accidents to, 133-136;
  the taming of, 185, 186;
  cleanliness, 187, 188;
  endurance of cold, 189, 190.

Apples, wild, 124.

Audubon, John James, on the passenger pigeon, 52, 53, 162-166.

Aurora borealis, 205, 206.

Badgers, 183.

Bathing, 16, 17;
  of animals, 187, 188;
  of man, 188, 189.
  See also Swimming.

Bear, black, 171, 183, 184.

Bees, 234-239.

Beetle, whirligig, 114.

Berries, 122, 123.

Bible, the, 242-244.

Birds,
  removing their eggs, 64, 65;
  met with in Wisconsin, 64-75, 137-167;
  accidents to, 131-135;
  bathing, 187, 188.

Birds’-nesting, 27, 28, 44-48.

Blackbird,
  red-winged, 142, 143;
  hunting, 175.

Blacksmith,
  the minister, 108;
  his cruelty to his brother, 214-217.

Bluebird,
  nest, 62, 139;
  a favorite, 138, 139.

Boat, 115.

Boatmen (insects), 115.

Bobolink, 140, 141.

Bob-white, or quail,
  accidents to, 133-135;
  habits, 151, 152.

Books, 241-245.

Botany, first lessons in, 280-283.

Boys, savagery of, 23-26.

Brush fires, 76, 77.

Bull-bat, or nighthawk, 69-71.

Bullfrogs, 74.

Butterfly-weed, 122.

Cats,
  a boy’s cruel prank, 23-26;
  a cat with kittens, 77, 78;
  old Tom and the loon, 155-158.

Charlie, the feeble-minded man, 214-217.

Chickadee, 143, 144.

Chickens, prairie, 145, 146.

Chipmunk, 193, 194.

Choke-damp, 232, 233.

Chores, 202-204.

Christian Philosopher, The, by Thomas Dick, 242.

Clocks, 252-258.

Clover, 199, 200.

Combe’s Physiology, 188.

Consumption, 212, 213.

Coons, 170, 184, 185.

Copperhead, 110, 111.

Corn, husking, 105, 106.

Cows, sympathy with, 94.

Crane, sandhill, 68, 97.

Crops, Wisconsin, 199, 200.

Cypripedium, 121, 122.

Dandy Doctor terror, the, 6-9.