. The emigrant and sportsman in Canada [microform] : some experiences of an old country settler : with sketches of Canadian life, sporting adventures, and observations on the forests and fauna. Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive. ncl mo, i boon Next cfasting »so two loro are ' hiint(;r I pocket owlcdge I that of Hiere is not learn ised eye nan, who. El thinker ainst the heaving, lan those m to live ances in iiiserably delight, ike a few animals as many animals. Iprecision, lly on the Is set, yet MYSTEIUKH OF TRAPPINCI. 331 that a losscr bird or beast sliali tug at it with impunity. Tli
. The emigrant and sportsman in Canada [microform] : some experiences of an old country settler : with sketches of Canadian life, sporting adventures, and observations on the forests and fauna. Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive. ncl mo, i boon Next cfasting »so two loro are ' hiint(;r I pocket owlcdge I that of Hiere is not learn ised eye nan, who. El thinker ainst the heaving, lan those m to live ances in iiiserably delight, ike a few animals as many animals. Iprecision, lly on the Is set, yet MYSTEIUKH OF TRAPPINCI. 331 that a losscr bird or beast sliali tug at it with impunity. Tliero is one aninuil and one only that completely batllos the trapper, and tliat is oarciijou, surnamod the " Indian ; 'riiis evil beast if he; strikes upon a sublo lino goes calmly from one end of it to the otlitn" robbing every trap. For some animals traps are baited, for others, as for ex- ample otters, tliey are set unl)aited in their roads. The baits used are various, lish, IK-sh, and fowl. Tlum again the trapper must be a connoisHvur o'i scentsânot Kimmel's nor Lubin'sâbut of those that attract fur. The castor bag and the oil bag of the beaver seem to possess a universal attraction. Valerian has cliarnis for some, rum for others, so have [)e[)per, onions, anisoeil, asafcotida, &c. In my trapping days 1 carried a bottle loaded with a mixture so potent that when the cork was drawn everyone sneezed within a radius of 50 yards. Even the steel trap requires skill in the setting, for instance it is quite useless to catch a beaver by the hand or fore foot, the trap must be set in such a way and in such a position as to catch him by the hind foot. In fact tiie secrets of trapping are endless and can only be understood by i)ractical experience. When the fur season ended (about the 1st of June), I was quite sorry to say goodbye to the old smoke-stained camp that had been my home for nearly ten months, and on my return to civilization I felt as shy as a
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