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FOREST AND STREAM 
February, 1922 
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TAXIDERMY 
HEADS, ANIMALS. BIRDS AND FISH 
mounted ; skins tanned and made into rugs or 
ladies’ furs. Game heads, fur rugs, etc., for sale. 
List. Paper head forms for deer, elk, moose ; open 
mouth heads for rugs: scalps for mounting. All 
taxidermist supplies. M. J. Hofmann, 9S9 Gates 
Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
MOOSE, ELK. ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHEEP 
and mule, deer heads, sets of horns for sale for 
mounting ; scalps to mount the horns you now 
have. Boxed, baled or crated to go cheaply by 
express anywhere in U. S. A. under special gov- 
ernment permit guaranteeing delivery. Edwin 
Dixon, Taxidermist. Unionville, Ontario. 
MOUNT ANIMALS. BIRDS, ETC., FULL 
instructions how to mount specimens without skin- 
ning them, ijOc. Detroit Bird Store, Detroit, 
Mich. 
YOU CAN TAN YOUR OWN FURS AND 
skins. You can make rugs and robes, lined or 
unlined, with mounted heads, open-mouth finish. 
You will be successful at this money-making work 
from your first attempt. My formulas and com- 
plete instructions are only $8. postpaid, duty free. 
Edwin Dixon, Taxidermist, Unionville, Ontario. 
WE MAKE PAPIER FORMS FOR DEER 
heads and rug heads. We buy animal teeth, wolf, 
fox, coon, badger and bear teeth. I’apier Mache 
Specialties Co.. Reading, Mich. 
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY 
WANTED— LEONARD FLY ROD, 9, 9^ 
or 10 feet. Advise weight and price. R. Cole- 
man, Commercial Trust Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 
MEAL-WORM BAITS! BUY NOW FOR 
early spring angling. Easy to keep. Clean to 
handle. 200. $1.00; 350, $1.50; sent prepaid. C, 
B. Kern, Box 912, Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. 
EXPERIENCED FISH-BREEDER, POUL- 
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partridges, ducks and wild geese ; understands 
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the sunny part of the day, and during 
the hour preceding sunset, before the 
chill evening breeze set in, they would 
be breaking water all over the lake. 
Later, even this wonderful sport partly 
lost its attraction, and we spent the time 
prospecting the basin far above, where 
many little round lakes nestled, like sap- 
phires, among the naked peaks far above 
timber line. 
Also, we reluctantly began planning a 
way out, a route which would take us 
back to the beaten trails without again 
descending into the Kern. We consulted 
the contour map and saw a possibility. 
I climbed a high peak to the west of 
camp, and with my field glasses, made 
reasonably sure of our planned \vay out. 
The going looked easy over a long tim- 
bered ridge east of camp, and from an- 
other lake up a long series of little 
stringer meadows to the base of a high 
granite ridge. From its base we would 
have to swing south and cross several 
narrow little canyons, and then go 
through a rocky notch into a long mea- 
dow. This meadow was far, far away, 
and many unseen obstacles might lie 
between. I once had a six-foot ledge 
add 50 miles of hard travel on a similar 
expedition. 
'~PHE next morning we braved the chill 
an hour earlier than usual, and were 
packed up at eight o’clock in anticipation 
of a long hard day. An hour took us to 
the base of the high granite ridge, and 
a series of narrow gravel benches led 
away easily to the south. The deep 
canyons, which had looked had from the 
peak, headed in shallow lake basins at 
the foot of the big ridge, and gave no 
trouble. The rocky notch which split 
the lower end of the ridge where it 
sloped off sharp to the Kern, proved to 
be a natural pass. Beyond it was a very 
steep descent, down which we slipped 
and slithered through the gravel to a 
long, grassy meadow. We rested a mo- 
ment, then ascended a long gravel slope, 
crossed another easy ridge, and looked 
dow’n into the canyon of Tyndall Creek. 
We were almost disappointed, so easy 
had it been, for just below was the main 
trail which led up to the pass, then 
down into the valley. We lunched on 
the creek only an hour after noon. 
Tyndall Creek proved to be fairly well 
stocked with golden trout, and we caught 
a few out of curiosity, finding them very 
little different from those in Golden 
Trout Creek. 
We broke camp next morning a little 
sadly, for this was our last day in the 
Big Country, and the fact struck us 
rather suddenly, bringing with it a reali- 
zation of the responsibilities of civiliza- 
tion. 
ABOUT PACK ANIMALS 
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these beginnings of sores “bunches.” If 
a bunch is not promptly attended to it be- 
comes a “steadfast” and will soon put the 
mule “on the shelf.” The animal’s back 
should be examined every night when 
the pack is removed. Wet any bunch 
you find, then carefully replace the pack 
just as it was. Now remove it, and the 
wet spot will show where the padding is 
uneven. Remove all the hay from the 
aparejo at this point, but take care to 
leave the surrounding pad in condition to 
protect the bunch from any friction. 
When the bruise has healed replace the 
padding, but do a better job this time. 
The aparejo’s adaptability to this “corn 
plaster” system of treating bruises is its 
salient virtue — this and its conformabil- 
ity to any shape of mule. 
A LWAYS examine the animal’s coat 
before putting on the blanket. 
Usually a mule wants to roll the first 
thing when the pack is removed, and he 
should be allowed this pleasure, but all 
burs and stickers must be taken from his 
coat and his hair brushed well down be^ 
fore the blanket is put on. Also make 
certain that no injurious object has ad- 
hered to the blanket. Watch out for sore 
withers, and at the first hint increase the 
padding at that point. Never fail to 
examine the mule’s feet every day and 
take pains to keep them in good order. 
These are not the trifles they are som- 
times considered. A pack animal re- 
quires regular grooming, careful feeding, 
and just as much attention as a buggy 
horse or a saddler, if satisfactory results 
are to be attained. Kind treatment and 
intelligent training pay in dealing with 
any animal, and the pack mule is no ex- 
ception. Teach him to trust your com- 
mands and you will never be troubled 
with balking. If you are taking along 
several mules, put the most reliable one 
in as leader and place any wild one in 
about the middle of the train, haltering 
him to the preceding pack. Keep the 
train well closed up, head to haunch. 
Any animal manifesting thirst at fords 
should be allowed to drink — that is, if 
not overheated. It is better not to in- 
dulge in any protracted rest till the day’s 
march is done. Standing with the load 
stiffens the muscles rapidly, and if a 
tired mule is allowed to lie down you 
will have trouble getting him up. Keep 
moving, even if it becomes necessary to 
take out a fagged animal and divide his 
load between the others.^ 
A real pack train is no small affair. 
In the United States Army, according to 
Charles J. Post, the standard organiza- 
tion for a long march is composed about 
as follows : 
so pack mules. 
1 bell horse. 
14 riding mules. 
1 pack master. 
1 cargador (a pack master’s assis- 
tant) . 
1 blacksmith. 
1 cook. 
14 packers. 
Also ample food supplies for man and 
beast, a complete outfit for camp-life, the 
requisite number of riding-saddles and 
blankets, and any other articles which the 
particular object of the expedition might 
render necessary. 
L. E. Eubanks, Washington. 
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