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A Thunderstorm in the Forest 1
The Heart of the Mountain 10
A Lonely Lake 27
Following a Lost Trail 43
A Night Alone on Chocorua 62
Bringing Home the Bear 82
The Dead Tree’s Day 96
Migration 118
Trapping Gnomes 132
Old Shag 146
My Heart’s in the Highlands 157
The Vintage of the Leaves 168
Chocorua in November 194
Among the Wind-Swept Lakes 211
’Lection Day, ’92 219
A Wintry Wilderness 230
Climbing Bear Mountain in the Snow 243
In the Paugus Woods 252
At the Foot of Passaconaway 264
Christmas at Sabba Day Falls 273
Down the Torrent’s Pathway 285
Index 295
_Invitation_
To drink the wine of mountain air
Beside the Bearcamp Water.
Whittier, _Among the Hills_.