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Title: The Drama of the Forests
Romance and Adventure

Author: Arthur Heming

Release Date: June 3, 2006 [EBook #18495]

Language: English

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[Frontispiece: A strange apparition was seen crossing the lake. It
appeared to have wings, but it did not fly; and though it possessed a
tail, it did not run, but contented itself with moving steadily forward
on its long up-turned feet. Over an arm it carried what might have
been a trident, and what with its waving tail and great outspreading
wings that rose above its horned-like head, it suggested . . . See
Chapter VI.]

THE DRAMA OF THE FORESTS

_Romance and Adventure_

BY

ARTHUR HEMING

ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR
WITH REPRODUCTIONS FROM A
SERIES OF HIS PAINTINGS OWNED
BY THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM

GARDEN CITY, N. Y., AND TORONTO

DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

1921

COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY

DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION
INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN

PRINTED AT THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N, Y.. U. S. A.

First Edition

TO

MR. AND MRS. DAVID A. DUNLAP

WITH WHOM I SPENT MANY HAPPY SEASONS
IN THE GREAT NORTHERN FOREST

CONTENTS

I. ROMANCE AND ADVENTURE
II. IN QUEST OF TREASURE
III. OO-KOO-HOO'S EL DORADO
IV. OO-KOO-HOO PLAYS THE GAME
V. MEETING OF THE WILD MEN
VI. WILD ANIMALS AND MEN
VII. LIFE AND LOVE RETURN
VIII. BUSINESS AND ROMANCE

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

A strange apparition was seen crossing the lake. It appeared to have
wings . . . . . . _Frontispiece_

I surmised at once who he was, for one could see by the merest glance

Oo-koo-hoo's bill

Oo-koo-hoo's calendar

Going to the brink, we saw a "York Boat" in the act of shooting the
cataract

Minutes passed while the rising moon cast golden ripples upon the water

The lynx is an expert swimmer and is dangerous t