glorious
botanical and geological excursion, which has lasted nearly fifty
years and is not yet completed, always happy and free, poor and rich,
without thought of a diploma or of making a name, urged on and on
through endless, inspiring, Godful beauty.

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.