CHAPTER IV. 



TRACKERS OF THE NORTH. 



What appears marvelous and positively un- 

 canny to a town person is simple to a buslnnan. 



Years of continuous observation develops 

 the bump of locality, every object has a place 

 and meaning to a trapper; his eye is ever on the 

 alert, and what his eye sees is photographed on 

 the brain and remains there for future refer- 

 ence at any time he may require it. 



This bump of locality is highly developed in 

 all Indians and whites who have passed many 

 years in the bush. Without the faculty of re- 

 membering objects a bushman could not find his 

 way through the dense forests. 



Providing the trapper has once passed from 

 one place to another, he is pretty sure to find 

 his way through the second time, even if years 

 should have elapsed between the trips. Every 

 object from start to finish is an index finger 

 pointing out the right path. A sloping path, a 

 leaning tree, a moss-covered rock, a slight ele- 

 vation in land, a cut in the hills, the water in a 

 creek, an odd-looking stone, a blasted tree 



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