39i RECENT HUNTING TRIPS. 



the night, it is very necessary to get the head- 

 skin off at once, before the carcase gets cokl, 

 even though the delay should prevent your 

 reaching camp till late, or oblige you to remain 

 where you are, sitting by a big fire all night. 



Once a carcase freezes solid you will fiud it 

 a most difficult matter to get the skin off the 

 head. 



In a cold country like Canada it is not 

 necessary to dress the head-skins of game with 

 any kind of preservative, but all the meat 

 should be carefully cut from round the lips, 

 nostrils, eyes and ears, and the skins then 

 thoroughly dried before being packed away. 

 Should the weather be verj^ wet, it will be 

 necessary to dry such skins slowly and carefully 

 by the heat of the fire. 



If the nights are cold put the skins under 

 your blankets and sleep on them to prevent 

 them from freezing. 



The Care of the Rifle. 



Just as one shoidd take the greatest pains to 

 preserve and bring home in good condition 



