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Achilles, The Youth of, translation, 385. Acre, an, as long measure, 60. Acton (Mass.), 136. jEschylus, The Prometheus Bound of, translation, 337-375. jEsculapius, translation, 380. Agriculture, the task of Americans, 229-231. Ajax, The Treatment of, translation, 387. Alphonse, Jean, and Falls of Montmorenci, 38, 39 ; quoted, 91. America, superiorities of, 220-224. American, money in Quebec, 24 ; the, and government, 82, 83. Amphiaraus, The Death of, translation, 387. Anacreon, quoted, 108, 109, 110. Andropogons, or beard-grasses, 225- 258. Ange Gardien Parish, 42; church of, 46. Angler's Souvenir, the, 119. Apollo, translation, 383. Apple, history of the tree, 290-298; the wild, 299, 300; the crab-, 301, 302; growth of the wild, 302-308; cropped by cattle, 303-307; the fruit and flavor of the, 308-314; beauty of the, 314, 315; naming of the, 315-317; last gleaning of the, 317-319: the frozen-thawed, 319, 320; dying out of the wild, 321, 322. Apple-howling, 298. Arpent, the, 60. Ashburnham (Mass.), 3 ; with a bet- ter house than any in Canada, 100. Ash trees, 6. Assabet, the, 136. Audubon, John James, reading, 103; 109, note ; 112, note. Aurora of Guido, The, verse, 399. Autumn foliage, brightness of, 249- 252. Autujen-al Tl>ts, 249-289. Bartram, William, quoted, 199. Bathing feet in brooks, 140. Beard-grasses, andropogons or, 255- 258. Beauport (Que.), and le Chemin de, 30; getting lodgings in, 35-38; church in, 69 ; Seigniory of, 96. Beaupre Seigniory of the Cote de, 41. " Behold, how spring appearing," verse, 109. Bellows Falls (Vt.), 5. Birch, yellow, 6. Birds and mountains, 149. Bittern, booming of the, 111. Black Knight, The, verse, 415, note. Blueberries, and milk, supper of, 144. Bluebird, the, 110. Bobolink, the, 113. . Bodseus, quoted, 317. Bolton (Mass.), 137. Bonsecours Market (Montreal), 11. Books on natural history, reading, 103-105. Boots, Canadian, 51. Boston (Mass.), 3, 7, 9. Boucher, quoted, 91. Boucherville (Que.), 20. Bouchette, Topographical Descrip- tion of the Canadas, quoted, 41, 42, 63, 64, 89, 92, 94, 95. Bout de l'Isle, 20. Brand's Popular Antiquities quoted, 297, 298. Bravery of science, the, 106, 107. " Brother, where dost thou dwell ? " verse, 403. Burlington (Vt.), 7, 99. Burton, Sir Richard Francis, 228. Butternut tree, 6. Cabs, Montreal, 18; Quebec, 69, 70. Caddis-worms, 170. Caen, Emery de, quoted, 52. Caleche, the (see Cabs), 69, 70.