k, the pony, 95-102.

Jay, blue, nest, 62-65.

Kettle-holes, 98.

Kingbird, 66, 67.

Kingston, Wis., 59-61.

Lady's-slippers, 121, 122.

Lake Mendota, 129.

Landlord, a friendly, 264, 265.

Lark. _See_ Skylark.

Lauderdale, Lord, his gardens, 2.

Lawson, Peter, 13, 14.

Lawson boys, 126, 127, 175.

Lightning-bugs, 71, 72.

_Lilium superbum_, 122.

Linnet, red-headed, 187, 188.

"Llewellyn's Dog," 4, 5.

Locomotive, riding on a, 267-269.

Loon, 153-158.

Lyon, Mr., teacher, 30, 37.

_Maccoulough's Course of Reading_, 51.

McRath, Mr., 184, 185.

Madison, Wis.,
State Fair at, 260, 261, 269-272;
life in, 273-287.

Mair, George, 218, 219.

Mallard, 147.

Marmot, mountain, 186.

Meadowlark, 143.

Meals, 42, 43;
the Scotch religious view of, 249, 250.

Melons, 200.

Minister, the blacksmith, 108;
his cruelty to his brother, 214-217.

Moccasins, Indian, 121, 122.

Mosquitoes, 113, 114.

Mouse, European field, with young, 3.

Mouse,
meadow, _or_ field, 106, 107;
eaten by a horse, 107.

Muir, Anna, 56.

Muir, Anne (Gilrye) (mother), 11, 15, 16, 20, 22, 23, 28, 49, 256,
259, 260, 263.

Muir, Daniel (brother), 56, 115, 146, 223.

Muir, Daniel (father), 10, 11, 24, 31, 43, 44, 49, 53-56, 58-61, 83,
90, 94-96, 100-102, 115, 148, 191, 195, 203, 205, 218, 222, 224,
226, 231-234;
admonitions, 76, 77;
Scotch correction, 84-87;
as a church-goer, 107, 108;
his advice as to swimming, 124;
his ideas about books and the Bible, 241-244;
rules as to going to bed and getting up, 245-251;
his religious view of meals, 249, 250;
and his son's inventions, 253-258;
his parting advice to his son, 262;
theories on bringing up children, 263.

Muir, David, 11, 20-22, 43, 53, 54, 56, 62, 78, 85-87, 97, 110, 115,
125, 126, 223, 231, 263, 264;
kills a deer, 172-174.

Muir, John,
fondness for the wild, 1, 49, 50;
earliest recollections, 1-3;
first school, 3-10, 28-30;
favorite stories in reading-book, 4-6;
favorite hymns and songs, 9, 10;
early fondness for flowers, 12-14;
an early accident, 15, 16;
bathing, 16, 17;
boyish sports, 17-26, 40, 41;
grammar school, 30-39;
birds'-nesting, 44-48;
early interest in America, 51-53;
emigration to America, 53-59;
settling in Wisconsin, 58-62;
life on the Fountain Lake farm, 62-226;
escaping a whipping, 84-87;
learning to ride, 95-100;
learning to swi