. The American beaver and his works [microform]. Beavers; Castors. MODE OF TRArriNG BEAVER. 229 it 0(1 be of ed; aal, 5 in arly ;reat t all *Vity, were one and are shore from ay 2d, ized in en the ade in stricts, )tective jrs, but umbers regular tions of the Hudson's Buy Company, an interval of five year8 is allowed to elapse, after a sejison's hunt in a particular beaver dintrict, before it is again n>8umcd. While these companies have prosecuted their operur tions u|)on a vast scale, they have by no means en- joyed a monopoly of the business. Private adven- turers in large numbers have eng
. The American beaver and his works [microform]. Beavers; Castors. MODE OF TRArriNG BEAVER. 229 it 0(1 be of ed; aal, 5 in arly ;reat t all *Vity, were one and are shore from ay 2d, ized in en the ade in stricts, )tective jrs, but umbers regular tions of the Hudson's Buy Company, an interval of five year8 is allowed to elapse, after a sejison's hunt in a particular beaver dintrict, before it is again n>8umcd. While these companies have prosecuted their operur tions u|)on a vast scale, they have by no means en- joyed a monopoly of the business. Private adven- turers in large numbers have engaged in trapping, and followed it year after year as a regular pursuit. Our Indian nations, also, whose territories produce fur- bearing animals, trap more or less for the means of subsistence. Within our national limits there are hundreds, and even thousands of men, who now make trapping their exclusive business. As success in trapping depends very much, as before remarked, upon the knowK'dge the trapper has of the habits and mode of life of the several animals he seeks to capture, an examination of the methods resorted to in trapping beavers will develop some of the habits of this animal not before introduced. It is for this reason exclusively that the subject will be considered. Fio. Newhouse's Trap. The steel trap came into use when the systematic pursuit of the fur-bearing animals commenced. Its form is well known. The most perfect Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Morgan, Lewis H. (Lewis Henry), 1818-1881. Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott
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