4O HUNTER'S AND TRAPPER'S GUIDE, 



the season in consequence of which much 

 poor fur is caught ; this must be sold at low 

 prices, and is unprofitable to the trapper, the 

 fur buyer and the manufacturer. 



In the spring dark or blue spots can be no- 

 ticed on the pelt of the skins, and this is an 

 indication that the animal has commenced 

 shedding, and a sure sign that it is about 

 time to stop trapping. It will not be long 

 after these spots appear that the furs are 

 worthless. All animals shed their fur once a 

 year, commencing generally the first of April 

 and finishing about the first of June. 



