[August, 
1871 .] . 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
A BOOK FOB HUNTERS. 
THE “ LANDSCAPE” 
Lawn Mower. 
THE 
HUNTER AND TRAPPER, 
HALSEY THRASHER, 
THE TRAPPER’S GUI; 
A Manual of Instructions 
For capturing all kind-i of fur-bearing 
animals, and curing tbeii- skins 5 with 
observations on tile fur trade, hints 
on life iri tire woods, and narra¬ 
tives of trapping and bunting 
excursions. 
By S. NEWHOUSE, 
4nd other Trappers and Sportsmen, 
Edited by the Oneida Community. 
21G Pages Octavo. 
With 83 full page Illustrations , and numerous 
smaller Engravings. 
CONTENTS. 
INTRODUCTION. 
Connection of Trapping with other Trades.—Observa¬ 
tions on the Fur Trade.—Season for Trapping.—Statis¬ 
tics of the Fur Trade. 
THE TRAPPER’S ART. 
I. PRELIMINARIES. 
II. CAPTURE OF ANIMALS. 
III. CURING SKINS. 
IV. LIFE IN THE WOODS. 
THE TRAPPER’S FOOD. 
The Deer.—The Buffalo.—The Rocky Mountain Sheep, 
or Bighorn.—The Argali.—The Prong-horn Antelope.— 
Squirrel Bunting. — The Ruffled Grouse. — Pinnated 
Grouse.—Sharp-tail Grouse.—Cock of the Plains.—Dusky 
Grouse.wCanada or Spruce Grouse.—White-tailed Ptar¬ 
migan.—Willow Ptarmigan.—.European Grouse.—Water 
Fowl. \ 
FISHING- IN AUTUMN AND WINTER. 
Spearing Fish.—Fishing through the Ice.—Net-lishing 
■in Winter. 
NOTES ON TRAPPING AND WOOD-CRAFT. 
PLAN OF A TRAPPING CAMPAIGN. 
BOAT BUILDING. 
SNOW-SHOES. 
NARRATIVES. 
An Evening with an old Trapper.—A Young Trapper’s 
Experience.—The Deer Hunt.—Muskrat Hunting.—Au 
Amateur iu the North Woods.—Traveling in a Circle.— 
An Expedition to the Laurentian Hills. 
APPENDIX. 
History and description of the Newhouse Trap.—Con¬ 
clusion. 
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AN EXPERIENCED HUNTER. 
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would find instruction and entertainment in the narrative 
j of an old hunter’s experience. The following, from the 
author’s Preface, will give an idea of the character and 
design of the work: 
“lam a blacksmith by trade, but when I was a boy I 
became fond of a gun and a trap, and my first success in 
my shop was to make a steel trap. It was my aim to 
! become an expert trapper, and I 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 ; hut 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 hoys how to do it, 
“ I have studied the nature and habits of animals of 
different species, and a plan tiiat was good to capture the 
otter, the mink, and the beaver, forty years ago, is just 
as good now as then. The nature of animals doesn’t 
change like the nature of men ; wo 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 succeed bettor than cither one 
aloilo. 
“ Men are traveling through the country soiling 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 
time. 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. 
CHAPTER I.—Deer Hunting. 
CHAPTER IT.—How to Catch the Fox. 
CHAPTER III.—How to Hunt and Catch the Beaver. 
CHAPTER IV.—IIow to Catch the Otter. | 
| CHAPTER V.—IIow to Catch Iho Mink. 
CHAPTER VI.— How to Hunt and Catch the Muskrat. 
CHAPTER VII.-—IIow to Catch the Marten. 
CHAPTER' VIII— IIow to Catch the Fisher. 
CHAPTER IX. — How to,Catch the Raccoon. 
CHAPTER X—IIow to Hunt and Trap llie Bear. 
CHAPTER XI. — How to Hunt and Trap the Volf. 
CHAPTER XII.—IIow to Trap the Pocket Gopher. 
CHAPTER xm.— Fishing for Trout, Pickerel, and Bass, 
j CHAPTER XIV.—How to Hunt the Honey Bee. 
CHAPTER XV.—Hints About Shot-Guns and Rifles.. 
CHAPTER XVI.—Traps. 
CHAPTER XVII—Dressing and Tanning Skins and 
Furs. 
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