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[Jan. 4, 1908. 
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Catalogue 
Houseboats and Houseboating 
BY ALBERT BRADLEE HUNT 
A volume devoted to a new outdoor field, which has for its put pose 
three objects: 
p IRSX _To make known the opportunities American waters afford for enjoyment of 
houseboating life. 
SECOND_To properly present the development which houseboating has attained in 
this country. 
T HI RD—To set forth the advantages and pleasures of houseboating in so truthful a 
manner that others may become interested in the pastime. 
The book contains forty specially prepared articles by owners and designers of well- 
known houseboats, and is beautifully illustrated with nearly 200 line and half-tone 
reproductions of plans and exteriors and interiors. A most interesting chapter is devoted 
to houseboating in England. 
Outdoor people, and, above all, city people, will be greatly interested in this volume. 
The people of the United States are turning more and more toward an open-air life in 
summer, yet the lands accessible to centers of civilization are being taken up and utilized 
so rapidly that they are each year growing more and more expensive. 
The work is printed on extra heavy paper, and is bound in olive green buckram, 
price is $3.00 net. Postage 34 cents. 
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346 Broadway, New York 
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WOODCRAFT. 
By Nessmuk. Cloth, 160 pages. Illustrated. Price, $1.00. 
A book written for the instruction and guidance of those who go for 
pleasure to the woods. Its author, having had a great deal of experience 
in camp life, has succeeded admirably in putting the wisdom so acquired 
into plain and intelligible English. 
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WOLVES SURROUND TRADER. 
G. Moren, an independent trader from Lesser 
Slave Lake, who reached Edmonton last month, 
is quoted as giving this account of his trip: 
“I came down all alone,” he said, and made 
the whole journey in a wagon over the new 
government road. I followed the north side of 
the river all the way, and the. second day, 
noticed signs of wolves. On making camp that 
night I heard them, and immediately built a 
great fire to keep them away. It was only a 
short while till I heard their growls and from 
the restlessness of my horse knew they were 
near at hand. The horse I had tied with a 
strong piece of rope, but it was not strong 
enough to hold the animal, for he snapped it as 
if it were a shoestring, and immediately I saw 
if I did not secure him I would be minus a 
horse, so I put a chain around his neck and 
chained him. , 
“Sitting within the firelight and gazing 
around in the bushes, I counted nine different 
pair of eyes that glowed like jewels, so there 
must have been nearly a dozen wolves, ihe 
scarcity of small game this summer has made 
them ravenous, and they are very brave. 
Speaking of the autumn trade, Mr. Moren 
said: “As you know there has been a shortage 
of furs this year, but next year we have hopes 
of a good yield. The Indians, I am afraid will 
have to rustle pretty hard for a living this 
winter, for nearly all posts have shut down on 
their credit. The grain crop has not been as 
good as former years, owing to the lateness ot 
the season.” 
Mr. Moren will start on his return trip on 
Friday to join his wife at Lesser Slave Lake, 
where she is staying. 
CATS AND WATER. 
At Wroxham Broad, near Norwich, there is 
an eel-fisher whose cat has faithfully copied his 
way of life. It is black and white and has no- 
tail, and almost every day it swims across the 
River Bure, which is here over 100 feet wide. 
Moreover, it is such a clever swimmer that it 
performs this feat without wetting its back. It 
is a cunning creature, too, for it is sure of a 
catch, which is more than can always be said ot 
its master, either by himself or some other per¬ 
son. For it has several choices. If fish are shy, 
the marshes swarm with rats and voles. This 
clearly shows, says Little Folks, that some cats 
will take to water as easily as dogs. 
SIXTY-THREE YEARS AGO 
“Bill” Hamilton, then 20 years of age, set out from St.; 
Louis, Mo., with seven other free trappers under the 
leadership of old Bill Williams. Seven of these eight 
men are dead, but Hamilton still lives out in Montana 
and still sets his traps. He has written the story of his 
early trapping days, and the book has been published. 
It is called 
MY SIXTY YEARS ON 
THE PLAINS 
LOG CABINS AND COTTAGES; 
HOW TO BUILD AND FURNISH THEM. 
By William S. Wicks. Price, $1.50. 
cabins'and°houses erS The details and < ^d?nsction*s' < are 0 very ‘specific' and*^easily| 1 comprehen^e<h 1C a S nd C 'the >r illustrati<fns 
are so numerous and so taking that one will be sure to find in them something to his t 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY 
TRAINING vs. BREAKING. 
Price, $1.00. 
forest and STREAM PUBLISHING CO 
Moose Hunting and Salmon Fishing 
and other sketches of sport. Being the record of per¬ 
sonal experiences of hunting game in Canada. By T. 
R. Pattillo. 300 pages. Price, $2.00. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
By W. T. HAMILTON 
It tells of trapping, trading, Indian fighting, hunting 
and all the many and varied incidents of the trapper 
life It is full of adventure and excitement, but the stor 
is told modestly, and there is nothing in it that is luric 
Amid much fighting, there is nothing that can be calle 
“blood and thunder,” but there is much that is histor 
The book has all the charm of the old volumes, tellin 
of early travel in the West; books which were simple an 
direct and in which there was no striving for effect. 
It is illustrated by a portrait of the author and one i 
the celebrated Chief Washaki, and by six drawings of ol 
time trapper and Indian life, by Mr. Charles M. Russe 
the celebrated cowboy artist of Great Falls, Montan 
223 pages. Cloth. Illustrated. Price, $1.50. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
