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A series of wilderness excursions are narrated with close attention to landscape, waterways, and travel routines, including an ascent of a prominent mountain and long canoe passages. The author records companionship with an Indigenous guide and uses on-site observation to describe trees, plants, birds, and mammals, while noting practical outfitting and camp life. Interwoven reflections consider solitude, perception, and the human impact of lumbering on the forest. The text combines field-journal particulars, lyrical natural description, and appendices that list regional flora, fauna, and local words, offering both practical information and meditative commentary on the wild country.
A bat on West Branch; beaver skull at Grand Lake; Mr. Thatcher ate beaver with moose on the Caucomgomoc. A muskrat on the last stream; the red squirrel is common in the depths of the woods; a dead porcupine on Chamberlain road; a cow moose and tracks of calf; skin of a bear, just killed.