THE ERMINE 



I have again and again pointed out the above 

 features to men with whom I have hunted, yet, 

 presumably on account of not being thrown on 

 their own resources at the time, they seemingly 

 paid little attention to them, for I observed that 

 they repeated their mistakes just as soon as op- 

 portunity offered. The secret of successful trail- 

 ing can be acquired only by the careful and 

 observant. 



The features of a track or trail, once they are 

 thoroughly impressed on the mind, will always 

 be remembered ; and he who is too careless to take 

 note of them, even when they are pointed out, 

 has only himself to blame if he spends time 

 hours perhaps in the pursuit of the trail of an 

 animal he does not want. 



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