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over the trap lines a few seasons before the end of the 

 "trail" of life's journey is reached. May that desire be 

 fulfilled is the earnest wish of the H-T-T as well as thou- 

 sands of our readers, who have read the writings of this 

 kind-hearted and wide experienced hunter and trapper, as 

 they have been peftned from his home near the Allegheny 

 Mountains. 



It is with pleasure that we publish in this issue the 

 "Autobiography of E. N. Woodcock as a Wrapper." Dur- 

 ing his half century with trap and gun, he has had some 

 narrow escapes and experiences, but not the many "hair- 

 breadth escapes" that some claim, but which only occur on 

 paper. Mr. Woodcock is a truthful man, and you can 

 read his autobiography knowing that it is the truth even to 

 the minutest detail." 



The autobiography was written by Mr. Woodcock at 

 the request of the Editor of Hunter-Trader-Trapper in the 

 spring of 1908 and published July of the same year. We 

 are glad to add that since that time, Mr. Woodcock has 

 enjoyed several hunting and trapping expeditions. Some 

 were in his home state Pennsylvania on same grounds, 

 or at least near those he camped on many, many years ago. 

 He also took a couple of trips into the south fall of 1911 

 and 1912. He was in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and 

 the Carolinas. An account of these hunts is given in 

 Chapters XXX, XXXI and XXXII. 



In May, 1912, the Editor of Hunter-Trader-Trapper 

 visited Mr. Woodcock and family at their home some four 

 miles from Coudersport, Pennsylvania. Mr. Woodcock, 

 though physically not large, is a wonderful man in the 

 "ways of the woods." He is not given to exaggeration or 



