Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making by William Hamilton Gibson
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Remarkable Dwellings.--Complicated Structure of the Habitation.--The
Fury and Voracity of the Mole.--Peculiarities of Its Fur.--A Waistcoat of Mole Skins.--Odor of the Mole.--Mole Traps.--Various Species of the Mole.--The Mole of the Cape of Good Hope.--Marvellous Beauty of Its Fur.--SQUIRRELS.--Their General Peculiarities of Form and Habit.--Their Food.--Their Provident Instincts.--"Nutting" in Midwinter.--The Nest of the Squirrel.--Burrowing Squirrels.--The Various American Species.--The Grey Squirrel.--The Chipmunk.--The Chickaree.--The Flying Squirrel, &c.--How Squirrels are Trapped.--Various Traps Used in their Capture.--Removal of Skin.--THE DEER.--Difficulty of Hunting the Animal in Dry Seasons.--Various American Species of the Deer.--How the Deer is Trapped.--Peculiar Construction of the Trap.--Scent Bait for the Deer.--Various Methods of Setting the Trap.--Violence of the Deer when Trapped.--The Clog.--Dead Falls.--Food of the Deer.--Deer "Yards."--Natural Enemies of the Deer.--How the Deer is Hunted.--"Still Hunting."--The Deer's Acute Sense of Smell.--How to Detect the Direction of the Wind.--Natural Habits of the Deer.--"Night Hunting."--Luminosity of the Eyes of the Deer at Night.--Hunting the deer with dogs.--"Deer Licks."--How Salt is used in Hunting the Deer.--Hunting from a Scaffolding.--Peculiar Sight of the Deer.--"Salt Licks" used in Night Hunting.--Head Lantern.--How made.--How used.--The fiery Eyes of the Deer.--"Fox Fire" or Phosphorescent wood.--How used by the Hunter.--Seasons for Deer Hunting.--How to skin the Deer.--THE MOOSE.--Description of the animal.--Immense size of its Horns.--Moose yards.--Hunted on Snow shoes.--The dangers of Moose Hunting.--Exquisite sense of Smell.--How the Moose is Trapped.--Directions for removing the Skin of the Animal.--ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHEEP.--Description of the Animal.--Its enormous Horns.--Habits of the creature.--Its flesh as Food.--How the Animal is Trapped.--THE BUFFALO.--Its Habits.--Its |
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