The amateur trapper

172 Pages·2010·7.9 MB·English

by  Harding, Stanley

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THE
Amateur Trapper
A COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE ARTS OF
TRAPPING, SNARING AND NETTING
BY
STANLEY HARDING
HOW TO CONSTRUCT DEAD-FALLS, TRAPS,
SNARES, AND NETS; THE MOST SUCCESS-
FUL BAITS; HOW TO CURE AND TAN
SKINS AND FURS AT HOME; THE
ART OF TAXIDERMY FOR
THE AMATEUR
WITH 50 ILLUSTRATIONS
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PREFACE.
The pursuit and capture of animals and birds
afford an attractive employment for the leisure hours
of a large proportion of the young farmers and
others who reside in the small towns and villages
throughout the country; and the constant inquiries
after information on the subject has induced the
compiler of this work to provide, in a popular form,
a hand-book of instruction for the guidance of the
amateur trapper.
Its scope embraces a plain description of the
various traps and devices employed by those ex-
perienced in the art; the application of such devices
to the practical purposes for which they are de-
signed; and the best methods of preparing the re-
sults either for purposes of profit or for home use.
By availing himself of the insight given into the
nature and habits of the various animals intro-
duced, and by following the appropriate directions
furnished for capturing them, the merest tyro will,
after a little practice, be enabled to become an expert
in the art.
As a matter growing out of, and kindred to the
subject of Trapping, there is also presented an able
treatise on practical Taxidermy, giving detailed
directions for preserving and stuffing specimens in
an artistic and life-like manner. This article is
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based on information furnished by the courtesy of
two of the best professional taxidermists in this
country, and may afford pleasant if not profitable
employment for many a leisure hour.
In the preparation of the entire work, special
attention has been given to clearness in general
directions, and precision in matters of detail, and
it is hoped that on this account it will meet with
the u*)pupJified approval and generous patronage of
every
Amateur Trappeb.