INTRODUCTION. 



BY the courtesy of Forest and Stream and 

 Hunter-Trader-Trapper these articles 

 are republished in book form by the 

 author. 



I have been induced to bring them out a sec- 

 ond time under one cover by the frequent re- 

 quests of my fellow bushmen who were kind 

 enough to criticise them favorably when they 

 first appeared in the magazine. 



In this preamble I think it proper and pos- 

 sibly interesting to the reader to have a short 

 synopsis of my career. 



I entered the service of the Hudson's Bay 

 Company in 1863 as a clerk and retired in 1903 

 a commissioned officer of twenty years' stand- 

 ing. 



The modes of Trapping and Hunting were 

 learned directly by personal participation in the 

 chase with the Indians and the other stories 

 heard first hand from the red man. 



My service in the employ of the Great Fur 

 Company extended from Labrador in the East 



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