GENERAL HINTS TO TRAPPERS. 21 



Be sure that your pelting-pole is perfectly 

 smooth. 



Avoid as much as possible getting grease 

 on the fur. 



Scrape off all the surplus flesh and fat and 

 be careful not to go so deep as to cut the 

 fibers of the skin. 



If the pelt is tough always commence at 

 the tail and pelt toward the head. 



Never dry skins in the sun nor by the fire 

 unless it is very damp weather; and in this 

 case never let them entirely dry by the fire 

 or sun, but just enough to glaze the pelt. 



Never let your skins get wet. 



Always hang your skins in the shade where 

 the wind can fan them about. Watch them 

 carefully, however, taking pains to remove 

 the fly blows by scraping them off with a 

 knife. If you neglect this the flies will blow 

 them white. The flies will not trouble them 

 after they are once dry. 



Never use any preparation of any kind in 



