110.  The Canada Lynx.
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  111.  The Wild Cat.
  112.  The Bear.
  113.  The Raccoon.
  114.  The Badger.
  115.  The Beaver.
  116.  The Otter.
  117.  The Mink.
  118.  The Marten.
  119.  The Skunk.
  120.  The Wolverine.
  121.  The Opossum.
  122.  The Squirrel.
  123.  The Moose.
  124.  Initial to Book vii.
  125.  Portable Drinking Cup.
  126.  The Home Shanty.
  127.  The Shelter tent.
  128.  The Trapper’s Bed.
  129.  End Piece.
  130.  Initial to Book viii.
  131.  Head Net.
  132.  Portable Hat-brim.
  133.  Hat-brim with netting attachment.
  134.  The Dug-out or Log Canoe.
  135.  The Birch-Bark Canoe.
  136.  A Light Home-made Boat.
  137.  Diagram view of Boat——.
  138.  The Snow Shoe.
  139.  The Toboggan or Indian Sledge.
  140.  The Board Stretcher.
  141.  The Wedge Stretcher.
  142.  The Bow Stretcher.
  143.  “The End”.

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[Page 17] book I.

Traps for large game.

[Illustration:  H]owever free our forests may be from the lurking dangers of a tropical jungle, they nevertheless shelter a few large and formidable beasts which are legitimate and deserving subjects of the Trapper’s Art.  Chief among them are the Puma, or Cougar, Bear, Lynx, Wolf and Wolverine.

Although commonly taken in steel traps, as described respectively in a later portion of this work, these animals are nevertheless often captured by Deadfalls and other devices, which are well known to the professional Trapper, and which serve excellently in cases of emergency, or in the scarcity of steel traps.

[Illustration]

The dead-fall.

There are several varieties of this trap, some of which are described in other parts of this volume.  In general construction they all bear a similarity, the methods of setting being slightly changed to suit the various game desired for capture.  For large animals, and particularly the Bear, the trap is sprung by the pressure of the animal’s foot, while reaching for the bait.  Select some favorite haunt of the Bear, and proceed to construct a pen of large stakes.  These should consist of young trees, or straight branches, about three inches in diameter, and should be of such a length as to reach a height of four or five feet when set in the ground, this being the required height of the pen.  Its width should be about two and a half or three feet; its depth, four feet; and the top should be roofed over with cross pieces of timber, to prevent the [Page 18] bait from being taken from above.  A straight log, about eight inches in diameter, and six feet in length should now be rolled against the opening of the pen, and hemmed in by two upright posts, one