. 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. tsin the region of their operations. Shanties are of two kinds,temporary and permanent. The temporary shanty is madeby driving two forked stakes into the ground, laying a ridge-pole across, leaning many other poles against this, and cover-ing the skeleton thus formed with bark or split boards. Thepermanent shanty is made of logs, laid one above another ina square
. 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. tsin the region of their operations. Shanties are of two kinds,temporary and permanent. The temporary shanty is madeby driving two forked stakes into the ground, laying a ridge-pole across, leaning many other poles against this, and cover-ing the skeleton thus formed with bark or split boards. Thepermanent shanty is made of logs, laid one above another ina square form, joined at the corners by means of notches, androofed over with split logs formed into troughs, and jihiced inthis form : ^^jJ^l^T^lT^J^^^l^^. The crevices should be stoppedwith clay or moss. At one end a rude fire-place and chimneyof stone should be built, the latter reaching just above the topof the shanty. TRAPPING LINES. Trapping, when carried on systematically and on the largescale, has, like an army, its lines of operation, its depots ofprovisions, and its ai-rangements for keeping open its commu-nications with its base. The general proceedings of a regulartrapping campaign may be described as follows: The trapping.
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