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84 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK CITY 
In writing to Advertisers mention Forest and Stream. 
With the “Montagnias” hitch the 
control is perfect. If by chance you 
should fall in deep snow, you will not 
need to squirm and twist, burying 
yourself deeper all the time, in an ef- 
fort to get your feet near enough to 
your hands so as to tussle with a 
frozen knot. Simply slip your toe out 
of the toe cap and kick the shoe off, 
work it under you and you have a pur- 
chase to enable you to right yourself. 
Men with snowshoes on generally 
fall head first, burying their hands 
and arms deep under them. Often 
they fall on the flat of their backs. In 
either case, if the snow is deep, they 
find themselves utterly powerless to 
right themselves and the danger of 
freezing to death is a grave one, as 
the tales of the forests will attest. 
The “Montagnais” hitch consists of 
two distinct pieces of lampwick. One 
is 18 inches long and one 68 inches 
long. The former, as shown in Fig b, 
is permanently attached as a toe piece. 
To do this, place your toe in the proper 
position and inserting the lacing 
through the webbing on each side, pull 
it until it is slightly too tight for com- 
fort, this to allow for stretching when 
first used. Interweave both sides with 
the webbing and the first move is com- 
pleted. Now take the 68-inch piece 
and insert each end under the toe 
piece, down through the hole in the 
webbing at the base of the toe “break,” 
Fig. ce, and draw the lace tight over 
your heel. Then take the left piece 
in the right hand, draw it under the 
toe piece and over your toe diagonally. 
The piece in your right hand is drawn 
left, diagonally over the toe piece and 
under the left hand piece as it lays 
across your toe, Fig d. Now take 
both pieces in both hands, pull them 
tight, pass them over the lace that 
runs along the side of your foot, then 
under forward and pull both tight 
again and toward your toe, Fig e. 
Next you double both pieces backward, 
and tie a staunch knot over your heel. 
The hitch is then completed and is the 
same on either shoe. You will agree 
that it is the best hitch there is. 
The sandal is self-explainable in Fig. 
a, and as there is very little strain, 
rawhide with a buckle may be used, 
though an extra pair of straps, some 
rivets, etc., should be in your kit bag. 
Never attempt to wear moccasin 
packs (those with heels) as they will 
sooner or later cut your webbing or 
result in a sprained ankle. Soft dry 
tanned moccasins should be worn dur- 
ing the months of dry snow, while in 
the thaw season the oil-tanned moc- 
casins are necessary. Your kit bag 
should always contain extra lampwick 
and raw-hide lacing in case by acci- 
dent, you cut your webbing or lacing 
while using an axe. 
It will identify you. 
Never bring your shoes indoors dur- 
ing the winter. Provide a peg on the 
outside wall of your cabin near the door 
and as you enter camp, brush the loose 
snow off them with a broom. The 
heat from inside will be sufficient to 
melt the remainder during the night. 
If, while on the trail, ice “balls” form 
under the foot, simply knock the 
frame of the “shoe” several times with 
your gun stock or axe handle and they 
will fall off. 
At the end of the winter, when the 
thaw has rendered the “shoes” no 
longer necessary, sandpaper the 
frames well, brush the webbing with 
a hard wire brush, place the shoes in 
a warm dry place and when they have 
thoroughly tightened from evapora- 
tion of moisture, shellac them well two 
or three times, hang them over your 
fireplace and the next winter will find 
them in perfect condition and again 
ready for use. 
If well kept, like everything else, - 
you will get perfect satisfaction out 
of them and they will serve you two 
or three winters. Finally I want to 
advise those of you who will take long 
trips, to dress lightly, for snowshoeing 
is an excellent heat-producing sport. 
Also do not fail to provide yourself 
with smoked glasses, for the glare of 
the sun is very severe on the eyes, 
which, being constantly on the trail 
ahead, are subjected to long hours of 
strain without them. 
Those of you who follow pels com- 
ments before starting out on your 
varied trails this winter, will not go 
far wrong, for though ’tis an old say- 
ing that “experience teaches,” it’s a 
wise snow-shoer who profits by the 
other fellow’s falls. 

Cousin Joe DeLuc 
In the February Number 
is a humorous duck story, ad- 
mirably told in French-Cana- 
dian dialect. Frank Rourke, 
the author, has hunted ducks 
throughout the west, and he 
has many tales of duck blind 
and marsh land. They will 
appear from time to time in 
the pages of FOREST AND 
STREAM. 

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