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A good sledge for hauling stuff over the crust or snow in 

 winter should be six feet long, eighteen inches broad, and six 

 or eight inches high ; as light as possible, held by iron braces 

 running over the top and down the sides ; very lightly shod.* 



I am sorry I have made this article so long, but the fact is, 

 once started-, I have found it hard to stop. I take much in- 

 terest in trapping, and seldom am happier than when I trav- 

 erse the wilderness in pursuit of fur. Your book has been 

 a great treat to me. It fills an odd little corner in literature, 

 which but for you, might ever have remained vacant. 



F. R. 



your trap is set. The straps weigh only a few ounces and are easily carried. ED- 

 ITORS. 



* The Indian sledge is better. It is made of a smooth board six or eight feet long, 

 and fifteen or twenty inches wide, bent up in a curve at the forward end. It is light, 

 does not sink in the snow or cut the crust, and draws easily. EDITORS. 



