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 (14582234257)

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Title: 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

Year: 1887 (1880s)

Authors: Newhouse, S. (Sewell) Noyes, John Humphrey, 1811-1886

Subjects: Trapping Hunting

Publisher: Community, N.Y., Oneida community, limited

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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hain of the trap should be fast-ened to a clog. (See page 18.) The weight of the clog fora Black Bear should be thirty pounds ; for a Grizzly Bear,eighty pounds. The chain should not be more than eighteeninches in length, as the habit of the Bear, when caught, is toattempt to dash the trap in pieces against trees, logs, or rocks ;and with a short chain, fastened to a heavy clog, he is unableto do this. The bait should be meat, and the Bear should beinvited to the feast by the smell of honey or honey-comb, burnton heated stones, near the trap. Bears seem to entertain nosuspicion of a trap, and enter it as Ieadily as a hog or an ox. THE RACCOON. The Raccoon is allied to the Bear family. It is found onlyon the Western Continent, where it is re))resented by twospecies : the Common Raccoon of the United States, and theCrab-eating Raccoon of the troi)ics. The former is spreadover the greater part of North America from Texas to Hudsons Bav. On tlie Pacific coast it has been seen as far north

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CAPTURE OF ANIMALS. 51 as sixty degrees. The Crab-eating species is found from Cal-ifornia and Texas to the 26th degree of south latitude. The Common Raccoon is the one of principal interest tothe trapper and fur-dealer. Its body is about two feet long,and is thick and stout like the badgers. Its head resemblesthat of the fox. Its tail is about a foot long, large, andbushy. The color of the whole is grayish wiiite, streakedand barred with darker colors. In some of the WesternStates the Raccoon is of altogether a darker color, sometimesapproaching to black. The Raccoon is nocturnal and omnivo-rous in its habits, and hibernates like the bear. It feeds onnuts, green corn, eggs, mice, frogs, turtles, fish, shell-fish,birds, &c., and frequently makes havoc in the poultry-yard.It is an excellent swimmer, and is fond of rambling aboutsmall streams and marshes in search of frogs, shell-fish, andturtles. It is also a good climber, and generally lives andrears its young in the hollow of a t

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