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3N reading the narrative of Hubbard's expe- 

 dition in Labrador, "The Lure of the 

 Labrador Wild," by his companion, Dillon Wal- 

 lace, I noticed that apparently all its spare time 

 in seeking for food was devoted to fishing. 

 Little or no effort seems to have been made to 

 snare or trap game. Snares are very easily and 

 quickly set and game such as hares and grouse 

 secured which would otherwise possibly never be 

 seen. Steel traps will also help in procuring 

 food that otherwise could not be killed, and a 

 couple of light ones, of the kind known as jump- 

 ing traps, will more than repay the trouble of 

 carrying them. For all round use, the No. 2 or 

 mink trap is the best. Two of these with chains 

 will weigh about a pound and a quarter. Many 

 large birds of the owl and hawk species can be 

 secured by placing such a trap on the end of a 

 pole, on any elevated ground. Although appar- 

 ently there are no birds visible during the day, it 

 is extraordinary what a couple of well set traps 

 will secure. I know of a hunter who caught in 

 one winter over a hundred snowy owls, and lots 

 of grey and long-eared ones; besides, gyr-falcons 

 and duck hawks, whisky jacks, etc. The total 

 weight in meat caught in his four or five traps 



