58 HUNTER'S AND TRAPPER'S GUIDE. 



Here is another way of setting for the 

 otter. On the upper end of the slide you 

 will find what is called their wallowing 

 places, which are connected by a trail. Set 

 the trap on this trail, well concealed and fas- 

 tened to a stake ; leave everything as natural 

 as you found it. Use one or two drops of 

 the oil of cinnamon six inches from the trap 

 on each side. Never try to swing the otter 

 in the air as he is too sharp to stand any 

 "banjo-work" of that kind. 



Skin the otter by starting the knife at one 

 hind foot, split the skin straight to the vent, 

 and from there to the other hind foot ; start 

 then at the vent and split the tail to the end ; 

 take the hide off whole and stretch it on 

 the otter stretcher as described on pages 27 

 and 28 



