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set, to look after, and wiU try and visit every trap 

 on aU his trails at least once a week throughout 

 the winter. During September every trapper 

 tries to shoot his winter's meat, and get it 

 stored in his various cabins. 



In this part of America the moose supplies 

 the trapper's wants almost entirely, as this 

 animal can be found along the rivers near the 

 usual trapping grounds, whilst the wild sheep 

 and caribou do not often leave the mountain 

 ranges. 



In September moose bulls become exceed- 

 ingly fat, and their meat is then equal to good 

 beef, and as the nights are by that time already 

 cold, it can be kept quite sweet until the 

 following summer. When trappers have no 

 dogs they do not require to shoot much game, 

 but each dog kept would probably eat as much 

 meat during the long winter as its master. 



I learned from our friends at Plateau Moun- 

 tain that dogs are not only most useful to them 

 as draught animals in the winter, when small 

 light sledges can be pulled almost anywhere 

 over the snow, but, that if properly packed, 



