. The trapper's guide; a manual of instructions for capturing all kinds of fur-bearing animals, and curing their skins; with observations on the fur-trade, hints on life in the woods, and narratives of trapping and hunting excursions. noe, or the bark, asit is usually called, is its hr/htiiexH. On tliis account it is pve-ieired on all streams where |)ortaging is necessarv. A largesized one, tilteen to twenty feet long, be carried withoutdilliculty on the shoulders of two men ; while a small one,ten or twelve feet in length, can be carried by one are built of all sizes, from ten
. The trapper's guide; a manual of instructions for capturing all kinds of fur-bearing animals, and curing their skins; with observations on the fur-trade, hints on life in the woods, and narratives of trapping and hunting excursions. noe, or the bark, asit is usually called, is its hr/htiiexH. On tliis account it is pve-ieired on all streams where |)ortaging is necessarv. A largesized one, tilteen to twenty feet long, be carried withoutdilliculty on the shoulders of two men ; while a small one,ten or twelve feet in length, can be carried by one are built of all sizes, from ten to thirty-Hve feet inlength. The largest ones will carry a dozen persons or more,besides considerable freight. In building a bark, a cedai* gunwale is first should be composed of two stri])s for each side of thecanoe, al)out one fourth of an inch thick, and an inch or morein width, one to go inside the edge and the other bark is then procured, ihat part which forms the bot-tom of the canoe should be in one whole piece, carefullypeeled from a tree of suitable size and free from knots. Ifnot large enough for the whole boat, strips may be sewed onto it. After the bark is ready, the length of the proposed.
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