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along this line had been sprung~by rab 
bits, birds and the ever inquisitiv. 
squirrel, with an occasional ermint 
which George playfully referred to a 
“a plug of tobacco,” for ermine 0 
white weasel fetch the trapper onl; 
some fifty or seventy-five cents in th 
auction market, the price of a decen 
plug of tobacco. As we went along 
we rebaited the sprung traps, an. 
George tore up a trapped rabbit, tyin; 
the flesh to one of his snow-shoes whic’ 
left a blood scent all along the tra 
line, an additional lure to any curiou 
or hungry fur that might happe 
along. 
We camped that night in the opei 
on top of six feet of snow, with a thi 
sheeting of cedar bark between us an 
it, with a sloping shelter overhead < 
more cedar bark resting on poles stuc 
into the snow. With a blazing hi 
opposite, against a tree, and the hex 
reflected around us from the cedf 
bark at our backs, we were soon fair, 
comfortable. My footwear was soakt 
through—rubbers, sacking protectoi 
and four pairs of socks. These 
changed for dry ones, hanging the 
up near the fire until they also wei 
ready for use again. 
George was most fastidious about t 
food. His hands had to be scrupulou 
ly clean before he touched any ea 
ables; his pork and beans had to 
done just so; his bannocks had to ha 
the proper outside brown on them. I 
never tolerated snow water if there w 
running water within half a mile 
camp; in fact his choice of a campi- 
place always hinged on the proximi 
of running water. With his walki 
pole as a divining rod, he seemed to 
able to poke running water from ar 
where. 
What a giant he was with his a> 
With a few strokes he would fell 1 
trees; green ones for our fire botb 
and upright dead ones for dry wc 
on top. How careful he was with tl 
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