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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[September, 
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No. 1.— Anvil Chorus. 
2._My Soul to God, My Heart to Thee. 
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4.— It Is Better to Laugh. 
5._ Orphee Aux Enfera Galop, 
6— Sleep Well, Sweet Angel, 
7— The Delhi Galop. 
8.— Nelly Carey. 
9.— Faust March. 
10.— The Nun's Prayer. 
11.— Daughter of Eve. 
12.— The Frost Flower. 
13.— Indian March. 
14.— Pulling Hard Against the Stream. 
15.— Grand Duchess waltz. 
16.— In Tears I Pine for Thee. 
17.— KIsb Waltz. 
18.— Lilian's Song. 
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20. -The Culprit Fay. 
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THI TRAPPER'S GUIDE; 
A Manual of Instructions 
For capUiritts: all Idmls of fur-bearing; 
aBiim:3l«, and coring tboir skins ; with 
observations on the fur trade, hints 
on life in the woods, and narra- 
tives of trapping and hunting 
excursion*. 
By S. NEWHOUSE, 
Ami oiljor Trappers and Sportsmen. 
Edited by the Oneida Community. 
21 i'> l*airp« Octavo. 
With '.VI full page Illustrations, and numerous 
a, miller Engravings. 
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NEW BOOK FOR HUNTERS. 
THE 
Jl 
HALSEY THRASHER, 
AS EXPERIENCED HUNTER. 
ILLUSTRATED. 
This little book will be read with interest by nil who 
would find instruction and entertainment in the narrative 
of nn old hunter's experience. The following, from the 
author's Preface, will give an idea of the character and 
design of the work : 
" I am a blacksmith by trade, but when I was a boy I 
became fond of a gun and a trap, and my first success hi 
my shop was to make a etcel trap. Tt was my aim to 
become an expert trapper, and T tried my hand at catch- 
ing foxes. 
"Many a dollar have I paid to cunning old men to learn 
the art, and I have succeeded pretty well, too ; but why 
has not some man of experience written a book explain- 
ing; the art of successfully trapping the different kinds of 
fur animals ? I propose to tell the boys how to do it. 
"I have studied the nature and habit- of animals of 
different species, and a plan that was good to capture the 
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as good now as then. The nature of animals doesn't 
change like the nature of men ; we have grown wiser, 
while they have remained the same. The mode of cap- 
turing them when I was a boy, and the way used now, 
may be put together, and sncceed better than either one 
alone. 
11 Men are traveling through the country selling recipes 
at a high price to teach how to dress skins. I propose in 
this work to teach all these things, so that a man may 
have them in a neat little volume for reference at any 
lime. I shall also treat upon angling for the trout, the 
bass, and the pickerel, which I think I understand. I 
hope to make it all so plain that even the inexperienced 
will, in some measure, succeed. " 
CONTENTS. 
CHARTER I.— Beet Stinting. 
CHAPTER IT.— IImv to Catch the Fox. 
CHAPTER m.— How to Hunt and Catch the Beaver. 
CHAPTER IV.-How to Catch the Otter. 
CHAPTER V.— How to Catch the Mink. 
CHAPTER VI.— How to nunt and Catch the Muskrat. 
CHAPTER VII.— How to Catch the Marten. 
CHAPTER VTH.— How to Catch the Fisher. 
CHAPTER IX.— How to Catch the Raccoon. 
CHAPTER X— How to Hunt and Trap the Bear. 
CHAPTER XI.— How to Hunt and Trap the Wolf. 
CHAPTER XII.— How to Trap the Pocket Gopher. 
CHAPTER 3HT.— Fishing for Trout, Pickerel, and Bass 
CHAPTER XTV.— How to Hunt the Honey Bee. 
CHAPTER XV.— Hints About Shot-Guns and Rules. 
CHAPTER XVI.— Traps. 
CHAPTER XVII.— Dressing and Tanning Skins and 
Furn. 
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