Page 255 BOOK VIII. (continued 2)

Rations for a Campaign, 230.

Raw Furs.—See Furs.

Recipe for insect ointments, 255. Boot grease, 228. For cooking, 230. For curing skins, 272. For tanning skins, 276.

Red Fox.—See Fox.

Red Fox.— Value of skin, 284. Use of skin, 285.

Red Pepper Tea as a remedy, 257.

Red Squirrel.—See Squirrel.

Remedies for insect bites, 255. For chills, 257.

Requisites of a good steel trap, 138.

" For snaring, 39.

" For a good trapping ground, 225.

" For a trapping campaign, 227.

Revolver, 227.

Reynard outwitted by a dead-fall, 111, 113.

RHODIUM, Oil of:— Its use by the trapper, 151.

Rice as food, 236.

Rifle and Shot Gun combined, 227. Oil for, 227.

RIFLE TRAP, 20.

Roasting, recipes for, 233.

Rocky Mountain Sheep.—See Big Horn.

"Roughing it," 230.

Rubber blanket, 236. How used, 250.

Ruffed Grouse.—See Partridge.

Rum on a trapping campaign, 257.

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Sage Cock, the, 238.

Sale of furs by the Hudson's Bay Company, 282.

Salmon, spearing, 239.

" Spear, 239.

Salmon Trout, spearing, 239.

Salmon, to cook deliciously, 232.

Salt as bait for Deer, 218. As bait for Rabbit, 109.

Salt Lick, the, 218.

Sandpaper used in softening skins, 276.

Salt Pork as food, 231.

SCENT BAITS, 149.

" Compound, 150, 153.

Scented baits for birds, 240.

Scented baits for fish, 240.

Season for Deer hunting, 218.

Scow, 267.

Season for trapping, 147.

Selection of trapping ground, 225.

Self-amputation as a means of escape with captured animals, 144.

Self-amputation, to prevent, 144, 145.

Self-raising flour, 235.

SELF-SETTING TRAPS, 110, 125, 127, 131.

SHANTY:— Bark.—See Bark Shanty. "Home."—See Log Shanty. Log.—See Log Shanty.

Sheeting as tent material, 247. Water-proof, preparation for, 247.

Shellac Varnish used in water-proofing, 234.

SHELTER:—The trapper's remarks on, 226.

Shelter tent, 247. Details of construction, 242.

Shingle stretchers for skins, 274.

Page 298 "Shipping furs," 281.

SHOOTING AND POISONING, 222.

Shot-gun Trap, 20.

Shot-gun combined with rifle, 267.

Shoulder basket, 234, 226.

SIEVE TRAP, 65.

Silver Fox, 154. Value of skin, 284, 285.

Skinning animals, hints on, 272.

Skins:— Stretchers for, 273. To dry, 272, 276. To soften, 276, 277. To tan, 276. Value of, 284. Use of, 285.

SKUNK, 195. Adventure with, 196. As food, 238. Nature and habits of, 195. Trapping the, 195. Traps for, 43, 111, 114, 141. To eradicate odor of, 152, 198. Oil of, used in trapping, 151. Directions for skinning, 198. Use of skin, 286. Value of skin, 284.

Sled, Indian.—See Toboggan.

SLIDING POLE, 145.

Slippery Elm used for bird-lime, 98.

"Small Game" as food, 237.

Smell, acute sense of, in animals, 148.

Smoking the steel trap, 128.

Smouldering birch bark to drive away insects, 230.

Smudge, the, 230, 256.

SNARE.— Box, 55. Double box, 56. Fig. Four, 62. Hawk, 43. Hedge, 42. Hoop, 40. Humming-bird, 99. Knotted string, 52, 53, 54. Pasteboard box, 56. Platform, 61. Poacher's, 48. Portable, 48, 50, 52. Quail, 53. Rat, 43. "Simplest," 52. Springle, 58, 60. Stovepipe, 120. Tree, 42. Triangle, 42. Twitchup, 43. Wood Chuck, 43.

SNARES, OR NOOSE TRAPS, 37.

Snaring, requisites for, 39.

Snow Grouse, the, 238.

SNOW-SHOES, 267.

Snow-shoe race, 267.

Softening skins, 276, 277.

Sores resulting from insect bites, 257.

Soups, recipes for, 236.

Spearing fish, 239, 241.

Spearing Muskrats, 183.

Spider for cooking, 233.

Spoons, 235.

Spring-bed, 249.

SPRINGLE, 58, 60.

Spring-net Traps, 80.

Spring-pole, the, 144.

Spring, to temper, 84.

Spruce Bark Canoes, 264.

Spruce boughs as bedding, 250.

Spruce Grouse, 238.

SQUIRRELS, 211. As food, 238. Nature and habits of, 211. Traps for, 43, 103, 106, 107, 110, 116, 128, 140. Various species of, 213. To cook, 233. Use of skins, 286.

STEEL TRAPS, 137. Caution in handling, 149. Concealing in the woods, 229, Various modes of setting, 144. Requisite number for a campaign, 227. To set for rats, 128. To select judiciously, 138. Requisites of, 138. Hints on baiting, 143.

Steel Trap spring, to set with lever, 142.

STEEL TRAPS AND THE ART OF TRAPPING, 137.

Still hunting, 217.

Stimulants, 257.

Stone Dead-fall, 29.

Storing traps in the woods, 229.

Stove, portable, 228, 235.

Stovepipe fish-trap, 120.

St. Paul, Minn., and the Fur Trade, 281.

STRETCHERS FOR SKINS, 273.

Strychnine poisoning, 222.

Sucker wire nooses, 41.

Sugar of lead used in water-proofing, 247.

Sun-glass, 234, 235.

Sweet Cicely as bait for fish, 240.

SWEET FENNEL.— Oil used in trapping, 152,

Sweet Oil and Tar Ointment for insect bites, 255.

Swinging bed, 249.

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Table knife and bowl trap, 135.

Table showing sale of furs by Hudson Bay Company, 282.

Tallow, mutton, as ointment, 255.

Tame Geese as decoys, 75.

TANNING SKINS, 276. Mixtures, 276, 277, 278. With the hair on, 276. Simple, 278.

Tar and Sweet Oil ointment for insect bites, 255.

Tar for water-proofing, 264.

Tea, 236.

" Red pepper, as a remedy, 257.

Teal Ducks as food, 239. To cook.—See Duck.

"Telescope" Drinking Cup, 231.

Tempering iron spring, 84.

TENTS, 246. House-tent, 246. Fly-tent, 247. Half-tent, 247. Shelter-tent, 247. Materials, 247. Water-proof preparation for, 247. Fire-proof preparation for, 247. To carpet with spruce, 250. To clear of gnats and musquitoes, 230.

TENT CARPETING, 250.

Thimble used with bowl as Mouse trap, 136.

Tiger captured with bird lime, 35.

Tiger trap, 31.

Tinder, 234.

Tip-ups, 240.

Toaster, an extemporized, 233.

TOBOGGAN, OR INDIAN SLEDGE, 269.

Tools required on a trapping campaign, 227.

Tools required for canoe building, 259.

Torch for the head, used in night hunting, 218.

"Touch-wood " used in lighting fire, 234.

Trail. The.— Its value to the trapper, 153. Various modes of making, 153.

TRAP.— Arrow, 23, 25. Barrel. 125, 127. Bird, 65, 70, 73, 75, 88, 90, 91, 96. Bow, 23, 25, 116. Bowl, 135. Box, 55, 56, 88, 90, 91, 103, 106, 109, 110. Brick, 66. Cage, 76, 134. Cob house, 67. Coon, 110, 116, 141. Coop, 33, 67, 70. Crow, 96. Dead-fall, 17, 107, 111. Decoy, 72, 76, 94. Double ender, 109. Down-fall, 26. Duck, 94, 95. Fish, 120. Fish hook, 95. Fly, 136. Fool's-cap, 96. Garotte, 114. Gun, 20. Harpoon, 26. Hawk, 42, 93. Hook, 95. Jar, 135. Mole, 119, 120. Mouse, 130, 131, 134, 135. Net, 70, 73, 75, 80, 83, 85. Owl, 88. Partridge, 43, etc. Pendent Box, 91. Pitfall, 11, 125, 127, 131. Ptarmigan, 75. Quail, 39, 40, 41, 53. Rabbit, 43, 64, 103. Rat, 43, 125, 127, 128, 131, 138. Rifle, 20. Self-setting, 110, 125, 127, 131. Sieve, 65. Spring net, 80, 83, 85. Steel, 140. The "Newhouse," 140. Tree, 42, 91. Upright net, 85. Wild Duck, 94, 95. Wild Goose, 75. Woodchuck, 43.

Trapper's beds and bedding, 248.

" Cooking utensils, 230.

" Diet, 230.

TRAPPER'S MISCELLANY, 255.

" Shelter, 226, 242.

" Sled.—See Toboggan.

TRAPPING, art of, 148. Season for, 147. Miscellaneous hints on, 148. Campaign, plan of, 225. Tools and other requisites, 227. Ground, selection of, 225. Valuable suggestions on, 228.

Trapping Lines, 226.

Trap robbers, 220.

Traps for large game, 17. Page 300 FOR FEATHERED GAME, 65. HOUSEHOLD, 125.

Tree hunting, 218.

Tree snare, 42.

" Traps, 42, 91.

TRIANGLE SNARE, 42.

Trout, to cook deliciously, 232.

Trumpet Creeper flower used as a trap, 99.

Tumbler fly-trap, 136.

Twitch-up, 43, 62. Poacher's, 48. Portable, 50. "Simplest," 52.

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UPRIGHT NET TRAP, 85.

" Snares 44, 58.

Use and abuse of Alcohol, 257.

Uses of fur skins, 285.

Utensils for cooking, 230, 235.

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Value of fur skins, table of, 262.

Various uses of fur skins, 285.

Varnish water-proof preparation for preserving matches, 234.

Vegetables for food on a campaign, 235.

" Canned, 236.

Venison as food, 233, 237. To roast, 233. To preserve, 237. "Jerked," 237. Dried, 237.

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Walking on the snow, 267.

War in the fur trade, 281.

Watch crystal as sun glass, 287.

Water fowl as food, 239.

Water-proof application for boats, 261, 264, 266.

" Canvas bags, for food, 236.

Match safe, 234.

" Preparation, 236, 247, 266.

" Varnish for matches, 234.

Water traps, 110, 120.

Wedge stretcher for skins, 274.

Weighted harpoon trap, 26.

Wheaten grits as trappers' food, 236.

Wheat flour as food, 235.

" Self-raising, 235.

Wheel form of trapping lines, 229.

Whiskey on a trapping campaign, 257.

Whip lashes from Woodchuck hide, 204.

Whistlebird, 74.

White Birch Canoe, 261.

White-wood log for Dug-out, 259.

Widgeon, the, as food, 239. To cook.—See Duck.

WILD CAT:— Nature and habits of, 167. Snares for, 43. Trapping the, 166. Skinning the, 168. Uses of skin, 286. Value of skin, 284.

Wild Duck, to cook, 233.

Wild Duck, traps, 94, 95.

Wild Goose as food, 239.

Wild Goose to cook, 233.

Wild Goose trap, 75.

Wind, direction of, to detect by the finger, 217.

Winged vermin, 255.

Winter fishing, 240.

Wire cage trap for birds, 76.

" " For mice, 134.

Wire nooses, 41.

WOLF.— Nature and habits of, 158. Trapping the, 158. Poisoning the, 222. Traps for, 20, 141. To protect provisions from, 237. Varieties of, 158. Directions for skinning, 161. Use of skin, 286. Value of skin, 284.

WOLVERINE:— Nature and habits of, 199, 238. Trapping the, 199. Natural enemy to the Beaver, 200. Directions for skinning, 201. Use of skin, 286. Value of skin, 284.

WOODCHUCK, 204. As food, 238. Nature and habits of, 204. Snare, 205. Trapping the, 204. Use of skin, 204. Smoked from its burrow, 205. Removing skin of, 205.

Woodcock, to cook, 233.

Wood Duck as food, 239. To cook.—See Duck.

Woodland beds and bedding, 249.

Wounds, ointment for, 255.