This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 edition. Excerpt: ... SNOW-SHOES. The proper form of a snow-shoe and the mode of fastening it to the foot are shown in the illustration on the opposite page. The frame of the shoe should be made of ash or some other strong, elastic wood. The interlacing should be composed of strips of deer-skin, moose-skin, or untanned neat's hide. Two methods are followed in fastening the interlacing to the sides or bow of the shoe. In one case the bow is firmly and closely wound with strips of skin, and the interlacing is fastened into the winding. In the other case the winding is omitted and the interlacing is fastened through holes bored at regular intervals in the bow. Snow-shoes are indispensable to the trapper wherever deep snows prevail. OIL FOR FIRE-ARMS. The trapper should always be provided with oil for his guns. Probably the best kind he can use is purified neat's-foot oil. It is prepared in this way: Drop a few strips of lead or some shot into a bottle of the oil and then place it in the sun's rays. A heavy deposit will take place, filling the lower part of the bottle. The upper part becomes bright and limpid, and by a repetition of the process may be so effectually purified that it will never be liable to viscidity. It is in this manner that watchmakers purify the oil used in lubricating their delicate machinery. Oil prepared from the fat of the Ruffed Grouse is also good for fire arms when the above cannot be obtained. NARRATIVES. [In the first three of the following articles illustrating the trapper's lifts, we introduce to our readers the Hutchins family, the father and two sons -- a trio of " mighty hunters." -- Editors.] AN EVENING WITH AN OLD TRAPPER. By W. A. HINDS. Of all story-tellers, give me those who have spent the greater portion of their lives in...

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