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and steep. Yes, I like a ridge roof and half pitch them, you do 

 not have to make the body so high. Yes, I always chunk well and 

 calk good with tnoss before I mud it, then you have a good warm 

 camp. Yes, I like to have a 12x20, two small sash in each gable." 



"Does that roof leak?" 



"No, a roof put on with good hemlock bark like that will not 

 leak and will last a long time. Fred we must bunk down for 

 we must be moving early in the morning." 



"Come, Fred, turn out, I have breakfast about ready." 



"Why it is not morning, is it?" 



"Yes, it is six o'clock and we must be moving as soon as we 

 can see, for we have a big day's work before us. Yes, Fred, every- 

 thing tastes good in the woods. I suppose a keen appetite has 

 something to do with that. Well, it is light, so that we can see to 

 travel, so we will be going. Yes, Fred, you can come over with me 

 again and I will show you how to set traps, many different ways, 

 to catch different animals, and we might have a bear in a pen." 



"Do you catch bear in a pen?" 



"Yes, and I like a pen for a bear better than a steel trap. No 

 getting away if the pen is properly made." 



"Well, here is the bear trap and there has been a wild cat at 

 work at those inwards, so you see I did not bring that trap along 

 for nothing. Fred, you place a few of those bushy limbs around 

 on the upper side of those inwards, while I set the trap. There, 

 that is all right, we will staple to this limb. Yes, he will be quite 

 likely to get into the trap if he comes again, for he can't get at 

 the bait very well from any other way, only over the trap." 



"How far is.it from where the bear trap was set?" 

 "About one-half mile. Yes, I suppose he dragged that trap 

 three or four miles to get that distance. Here we are, it will not be 

 a long job to set that trap as he has not torn the bait trap down. 

 Fred, you get the clamps from the knapsack, while I cut that bushy 

 tree for a clog. Yes, we let those limbs stick out about ten inches 

 so that they will catch in the brush and on logs, and that bothers, 

 you see. Yes, those lungs and liver are all right for bait as long 

 as it is fresh. A bear does not like tainted meat. Well, that is 

 all right now, we will go to camp and get a bite to eat, and then 



