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there be a log nearby, the beaver will get 
over it and twist off his leg at the trap 
and be lost. 
The circumstances under which a trap 
is set necessarily vary, and the plan 
above outlined was modified as the cir- 
cumstances required. It may be interest- 
ing to note that Lewis and Clark used 
the same scent as a lure, except that they 
added a nutmeg, twelve or fifteen cloves, 
and thirty grains of cinnamon, all pul- 
verized together. Audubon found the 
same bait in use on the upper Missouri 
in 1843. 
*^HE morning after we set the traps 
we found three beaver caught and 
drowned. One was unusually large, 
weighing about sixty pounds, and the 
others were of average size, which is 
from thirty to forty pounds. The tail 
of the large one was six and three-fourth 
inches in breadth. The beaver were 
taken to camp and skinned; the hides 
were dressed by removing the fat ; then 
they were stretched on a tree that stood 
in the deep shade. To care for a large 
beaver skin properly requires an hour 
and a half’s work by an expert trapper. 
The hindquarters of the beaver, and also 
the liver, my companion cooked. Beaver 
meat must be thoroughly disguised be- 
fore I can eat it. The hams resemble 
duck legs, and while cooking they have 
the odor of fish. I cannot agree with 
those writers who refer to beaver meat 
as a delicacy and better than roast pig. 
However, I have no doubt that I could 
acquire an appetite for beaver meat just 
as Arctic explorers learn to relish seal. 
Another way of taking beaver is by 
shooting them. This is exciting sport 
and, when hunting is from a canoe, calls 
for better marksmanship and more skill 
than anything that I know of. But 
should the hunter take his place on the 
bank of a stream, alongside a tree 
against which he can rest his rifle, shoot- 
ing is not so difficult. Toward evening, 
portage your canoe over a beaver dam 
into a pond and, rifle ready, watch for 
the appearance of game. 
The restful sounds of evening claim 
attention. A tiny bird, that scolded 
when you first came, as though resent- 
ful of your presence, soon sings his best 
song from a bush on the mountain side ; 
the robin carols a good-night. The 
ruffed grouse drums in the thicket and 
the shy, varied thrush sends forth his 
plaintive cry from the depths of a wil- 
derness. A pair of teal on their honey- 
moon, the groom arrayed in feathers 
now wearing their most gorgeous hues, 
comes to within two rifle lengths of your 
canoe and then swim away unalarmed. 
The sun has sunk behind the range of 
ice and snow, but the afterglow illumines 
the mountain peaks, their whiteness is 
reflected in the waters, and a bright twi- 
light is cast all around. Then all is still, 
save the roll of the distant river and the 
roar of an occasional snow slide far up 
the mountains. 
Yonder a ripple is seen on the surface 
of an arm of the pond, and you know 
that a beaver is coming. He swims 
silently, his body covered by the water 
and only that part of his head above the 
— ^tKen I lined down on 
him with my Remington” 
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