10 DAVIDSON cfe CO. 



THE ^^RT OF 



£ Trail fi^isiiifli 



By AN 01.D ANI> SUCCESSFUI. HUNTER. 



A Complete and Practical Guide for the Use of the Amateur or Profes- 

 sional Hunter or Trapper. 



This bonk will be found very valuable to those who have not had 

 experience in these healthy, manly and profitable pursuits. The 

 book is thorough in detail in every respect. The young sportsman 

 can learn how to use the Gun or R'fle with ease and precision, and 

 become an unerring shot. The mystery of making, setting and bait- 

 ing Traps successfully, is shown. 



THE BEST METHODS OF CATCHING ALL KINDS OF FISH, 



Either in the Sea, Lake or River, is told practically and understand- 

 ingly. The whole 



Art of Managing and Training Dogs for Sporting 

 Purposes, 



and all about the care of Skins and Furs, so that they will fetch the 

 highest market price, is given, with a vast amount of other valuable 

 information relating to the Hunter's Craft. 



OOIVTEISTTS. 

 About Guns— How to Select a Gu.v — Bkeech-Loadebs — How to Load 

 X Gun— THra Art op Gunning — The Rifle and how to use it — 

 About Dogs— Management of Dogs— Training of Dogs— Best 

 Dogs for Shooters— Hunting, Gunning, Shooting — Rabbit, 

 Snipe, Partridge, Woodcock and Wild Fowl Shooting— Deer 

 and Buffalo Hunting— Trapping — How to make Traps — Set- 

 ting AND Baiting Tuaps— Proper Season for Trapping — Hints 

 TO Trappers — Specific Directions for Trapping and Snareino 

 ALL kinds of Birds and Animals— Fishing— Baits, Hooks, Lines, 

 Rods, &c — How to Catch various kinds of Fish — The Art of 

 Stretching and Curing Skins — Dressing and Tanning Skins and 

 Furs— Coloring and Dyeing Skins and Furs. 



The Book is indispensable to all who delight to Fish, Hunt or 

 Trap, either for sport or profit. The instructions will enable any- 

 one to become thoroughly expert in the Sports and Pastimes of the 

 River, Field or Forest. Illustrations are given, where needed, to 

 elucidate matters, as in the construction of traps, &c. 



This book will place many in a position to turn their spare time 

 to a very profitable account. Furs and Skins are always in de- 

 mand, and if properly caught and managed, sell for large prices — 

 I»rlee 35 Oeiits. 



