Lady Mary and her Nurse

over the white snow. The trees look so pretty, as if they were covered

re bent down to the very ground, making bowers so bright and beautiful, you would be delighted to see them. Sometimes, as you drive along, great masses of the snow come showering down upon you; but it is so light and dry, that it shakes off without wetting you. It is pleasant to be

t is so nice to hear the sleigh-bells. We used sometimes to go out in

to make it worth while to have sleighs there; but in Russia and Swed

children's books, and very soon found, in one of Peter Parley's boo

fter she had tired herself with looking at the prints; "a

dy; five or

inging all the time! I tried to make out a tune, but they only seemed to say, 'Up-hill, up-h

h bright scarlet cloth; and some of racoon; the commonest are buffalo-skins: I have seen some of deer-skins, but these l

r the backs of the sleigh and cutters-they l

e heads of the animals are also left. I noticed the head of a wolf, with its sharp ear

and the fox's nose was just peeping over his shoulder, and the tail hung down his back, and I saw its bright black eyes looking so cunning. I

tter, mink, or badger skins, and ornamen

t is a pretty, soft-looking thing, with a rou

ind their haunts by tracking their steps in the snow; for an Indian or Canadian hunter knows the track made by any bird or beast, from the

hen shot. The Indians catch the otter for the sake of its dark shining fur, which is used by the hatters and furriers. Old Jacob Snowstorm,

told you about the otters; I like to hear stories abou

t for some remarkable circumstance, some dream or accident. Some call them after the first strange animal or bird that appears to the new-born. Old Snow-storm most likely

Indian name for

o-ke-poor,

and she was much amused while her nurse repeated to her some names of squaws and papooses (Indian women and childr

me some more about Jacob

o hunting up Ottawa, that great big river, you know. Go one moonlight night; lie down under bushes in snow: see lot of little fellow and big fellow at play. Run tip and down bank; bank all ice. Sit down top of bank

sed at the comical way in w

ers swim

thick, and formed of two kinds of hair; the outer hair is long, silky, and shining; the under part is short, fine, and warm. The water cannot penetrate to wet them,-the oily nature of the fur throws off the moisture. They dig large holes with their claws, which are short, but very strong. They line their nests with dry grass and rushes and roots gnawed fine, an

play with, and run after me; but do you think he would eat

r with their teeth and claws. The otter is also a beast of prey, but its prey is found in the still waters, and

ere I left him, clinging to the wires of the cag

e lively, and perhaps he will eat something, but

they see to ea

yes that they can see best by night. I will rea

ed the moon for seaso

ng

ess, and it is night:

rest do c

ar after their prey, a

o

hey gather themselves

n thei

unto his work and to

en

old are thy works! in

eath is full

y Father taketh care of all his creatures, an

d to come out and frisk about, and run along the wires, and play all sorts of tricks, chasing one another round and round, and they were not afraid of me, but would let me look at

y Mary, how the dorm

it in their fore-paws, which

ese are the squirrel and dormice. They are good climbers and diggers. You see, my dear young lady, how the merciful Crea

er,-pray take care of my dear little squirrel, and mind that he does not fly away." And Lady Mary was soon busily engaged in drawing her wax doll about the nursery in a little slei