28 THE LABRADOR PENIXSULA. CHAP. 11. 



Tlie only poison that I have found strong is strychnia. 

 One or two grains of this are mixed with a little tallow, 

 forming a small ball, and covered with a coating of grease 

 outside to prevent the animal from tasting it. A quantity 

 of pounded dried meat and morsels are strewn about so 

 that the animal, after swallowing the poison, may be 

 detained a sufficient time for it to operate.' 



