Part 1

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By Enos A. Mills

YOUR NATIONAL PARKS. Illustrated. THE STORY OF SCOTCH. Illustrated. THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN WONDERLAND. Illustrated. THE STORY OF A THOUSAND-YEAR PINE. Illustrated. IN BEAVER WORLD. Illustrated. THE SPELL OF THE ROCKIES. Illustrated. WILD LIFE ON THE ROCKIES. Illustrated.

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

BOSTON AND NEW YORK

THE STORY OF SCOTCH

THE STORY OF SCOTCH.

ENOS A. MILLS

With Illustrations from Photographs by the Author

BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

The Riverside Press Cambridge

COPYRIGHT, 1909, 1911 AND 1916, BY ENOS A. MILLS

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Published September 1916

TO MARY KING SHERMAN AND JOHN KING SHERMAN

WHO KNEW AND APPRECIATED SCOTCH

PREFACE

Scotch and I were companions through eight years. Winter and summer we explored the rugged mountains of the Continental Divide. Often we were cold; more often we were hungry. Together we fought our way through blizzards and forest fires. Never did he complain and at all times he showed remarkable intelligence and absolute fidelity. The thousands who have watched him play football by my cabin on the slope of Long's Peak and the other thousands who have read of his unusual experiences will be interested, I am sure, in this complete story of his life.

I gave an account of Scotch in my Wild Life on the Rockies, and in The Spell of the Rockies I related one of our winter experiences. These chapters and an article on him which I wrote for Country Life in America are, together with additional matter, embodied in this little book.

ILLUSTRATIONS

SCOTCH AND HIS MASTER Frontispiece

HIS FIRST KENNEL 4

PUPPY SCOTCH 8

CHIPMUNKS? 12

PLAYING FOOTBALL 26

READY FOR A WALK 32

THE MOUNTAINS IN WINTER Scotch on Guard at the Timber-Line Cabin 40