10 DAVIDSON & 



THE A.RT OF- 



By AN OLD AND SUCCESSFUL HUNTER. 



A Complete and Practical Guide for the Use of the Amateur or Profet- 

 sional Hunter or Trapper. 



This book will be found very valuable to those who have not had 

 experience in the.se healthy, manly and profitable pursuits. The 

 book is thorough in detail in every resnect. The young sportsman 

 can learn how to use the Gun or R : fle with ease and precision, and 

 become an unerring shot. The mystery of making, setting and bait- 

 ing Traps successfully, is shbwn. 



THE BEST METHODS OF CATCHING ALL KINDS OF FISH, 



Either in the Sea, Lake or River, is told practically and understand- 

 ingly. The whole 



Art of Managing and Training Dogs for Sporting 

 Purposes, 



and all about the care of Skins and Furs, so that they will fetch the 

 highest market price, is given, with a vast amount of other valuable 

 information relating to the Hunter's Craft. 



CO1VTE1VTS. 



ABOUT GUNS How TO SELECT A GUN BREECH-LOADERS How TO LOA 

 A GUN THH; ART OP GUNNINS THE RIFLE AND HOW TO USE IT 

 ABOUT DOGS MANAGEMENT OF DOGS TRAINING OF DOGS BEST 

 DOGS FOR SHOOTERS HUNTING, GUNNING, SHOOTING RABBIT, 

 SNIPE, PARTRIDGE, WOODCOCK AND WILD FOWL SHOOTING DEER 

 AND BUFFALO HUNTING TRAPPING How TO MAKE TRAPS SET- 

 TING AND BAITING TRAPS PROPER SEASON FOR TRAPPING HINTS 

 TO TRAPPERS SPECIFIC DIRECTIONS FOR TRAPPING AND SNAREING 

 ALL KINDS OF BlRDS AND ANIMALS FlSHING BAITS, HOOKS, LlNES, 

 RODS, &c How TO CATCH VARIOUS KINDS OF FISH THE ART OF 

 STRETCHING AND CURING SKINS DRESSING AND TANNING SKINS AND 

 FURS COLORING AND DYEING SKINS AND FURS. 



The Book is indispensable to all who delight to Fish, Hunt or 

 Trap, either for sport or profit. The instructions will enable any- 

 one to become thoroughly expert in the Sports and Pastimes of the 

 River, Field or Forest. Illustrations are given, where needed, to 

 elucidate matters, as in the construction of traps, &c. 



This book will place many in a position to turn their spare time 

 to a very profitable account. Furs and Skins are always in de- 

 mand, and if properly caught and managed, sell for large prices 

 IPrloe 35 Cents. 



