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your boat, go up or down the stream for three 

 miles or the distance you have trapped, and 

 then commence setting your traps again until 

 near night. This done, listen for the nearest 

 cock that crows, get out of your boat, make 

 it fast, go straight to where you heard the 

 cock crow, and you will be pretty sure to find 

 a farm-house ; here call for the landlord, tell 

 him your business and you are quite certain 

 to find yourself a welcome guest. The farm- 

 er's wife will be glad enough to have you 

 catch the coons, mink and other animals that 

 kill her fowls. The farmer himself will be no 

 less pleased to have you trap the beaver, and 

 will tell you how often they have cut his 

 fences. From him you can learn of every 

 pond and stream they have dammed up for 

 five miles Ground. Catch all the game there is 

 within reach ; then find out from your host who 

 is the best man for you to stay with at your 

 next stopping point, three or four miles off in 

 the direction you are traveling. He will often 



