RUNTING, FISHING, &C. 0s ae 
hunting foxes with a hound and gun, when the fox appears 
he will squeal like a mouse, and the fox will stop his pace © 
and look around—in the meantime the hunter will fire upon 
him, and, if a good marksman, the fox is taken. In hunt- 
ing the reindeer, the hunter will. bleat like a fawn or whistle, 
and the buck or doe will cease jumping and look ar = 
whieh gives the hunter time to take deliberate aim and drop 
him in an instant. When the snow is deep anda sharp thin 
crust on it, the deer, elk and m moose tread a yard, and live on 
what browse and bark they ean get—but when disturbed 
they will bound into the snow, and before. they run, many 
times, one-half mile, are so cut to pieces and worried out that. 
a man can out-run them on snow shoes, and beat gut their 
brains with a club or axe. When the snow is deep and loose, 
without a erust, foxes can be easily taken, for their fur and 
tail will soon fill. with loose snow and they cannot run far. 
To take skunks, you will select a bright,, moonlight night, 
and a good dog, and stay around farm yards and hen roosts, 
armed witha long pole or fire-arms, and when they appear, 
: or punch with your pole a few times till they 
hav: used all of their ammunition—then you may chase and 
catch them by the tail, and carry them home alive; not let 
their fore feet touch the ground and they can’t scent your clothes. 
The coon can be taken in moonshiny nights in the fall of the 
year, by being around corn fields with good guns and dogs. 
The bear, many times, is found in corn fields in thenight, and 
can be shot or trapped in the same -way the, coon is taken. 
The martin can be snared» by nooses attached to a staddel, 
bent so that. when they touch the bait they will be taken by 
the. neck and hoisted from the ground. The weasel and 
forse are cunning, saucy animals, and are hardto trap, The 
hare can be taken by snares and box traps. The woodehuck 
op ground-hog can be shot, or holed and dug out. 
