8 Tre Aroostook Woops. 


neither do we expect to thoroughly educate the new beginner 
in the trapper’s art, though many useful hints are placed here- 
in before him as called to mind while penning these pages. 
In fact, one can scarcely tell you a tithe of it on paper. 
Books are written with trapping particularly in view, to 
which we would refer you should your taste for it be such as 
to hurry you to the haunts of the game when the frost comes. 
To succeed in trapping the many carnivorous animals that 
destroy so very many tnxnocent lives to maintain their own, 
is simply to be interested therein. Then, ones ingenuity is 
applied, he studies their habits, notes where he is unsuccess- 
ful, remedies the fault or oversight, and outwits the game 
next time, and so on, continually bringing to bear his reason 
and intelligence, so superior to their instincts. 
But rather we wish to pen something of interest to all, and 
from our many excursions and campings for years back, we 
call to mind much that we fain would hope might read cheery 
to old and young. And for the boys and others who may be 
unable to visit the deep wildwoods with its ever charming 
attractions, we shall endeavor to picture and place before 
them much that will interest and make a leisure evening pass 
pleasantly at home, with a good portion of the dear old forest 
spread out before them. 
And now to the many, always charitable, among whom we 
hope we have many friends, and to those yet living with 
whom we have camped in long past years upon the ridges 
and beside the waters, some enfeebled, others far away, .and 
the many home friends, and those jolly companions all in the 
heyday of their happy sporting time, to you all, we extend 
our kindest greetings. 
