. 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. CAPTURE OF ANIMALS. io are large pouches, in wliicli to carry earth, food, &c. TheGopher digs patiis or galleries of an oval form, several inchesin diameter, a short distance below the surface, coming to thesurface once in about a rod, where the excavated earth is de-posited in little hillocks. These galleries ramify in all direc-tions. When the animal has brough
. 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. CAPTURE OF ANIMALS. io are large pouches, in wliicli to carry earth, food, &c. TheGopher digs patiis or galleries of an oval form, several inchesin diameter, a short distance below the surface, coming to thesurface once in about a rod, where the excavated earth is de-posited in little hillocks. These galleries ramify in all direc-tions. When the animal has brought to the surface in oneplace as much earth as its sense of economy dictates, it closesup the hole, and begins a new deposit further on, so that noth-.
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