Camp life in the woods and the tricks of trapping and trap making

CAMP LIFE IN THE WOODS
AND THE
TRICKS OF TRAPPING
AND
TRAP MAKING
CONTAINING
COMPREHENSIVE HINTS ON CAMP SHELTER, LOG HUTS, BARK SHANTIES, WOODLAND
BEDS AND BEDDING, BOAT AND CANOE BUILDING, AND VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS ON TRAPPERS* FOOD, ETC. WITH EXTENDED CHAPTERS ON THE
trapper's ART, CONTAINING ALL THE TRICKS AND VALUABLE
BAIT RECIPES OF THE PROFESSION ; FULL DIRECTIONS FOR
THE USE OF THE STEEL TRAP, AND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TRAPS OF ALL KINDS; DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CAPTURE OF ALL FUR-BEARING
animals; VALUABLE RECIPES FOR THE
CURING AND TANNING OF FUR SKINS,
ETC., ETC.
BY
W. HAMILTON GIBSON
AUTHOR OF PASTORAL DAYS
ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR
NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE
(^Stereotyped by John W- Lovell)
lWilliam Hamilton Gibson 1850-1896