help to keep your legs dry. Don’t ever 
kid yourself into believing that you can 
wade around in water all day and not 
suffer for it in later years. Avoid wet 
feet as much as possible in cold 
weather, and when unfortunate enough 
to get them wet see that they are dried 
at the first opportunity. 
Fairly heavy, two-piece 
woolen underwear will prove very sat- 
isfactory. Their superiority over one- 
piece or “union” suits is that if one 
gets wet below the waist, like in wad- 
ing water or through wet snow, a 
change can be made without taking off 
all the clothes. The trapper produces 
a great deal of body heat while he is 
walking steadily (often packing heavy 
loads or climbing strenuously) and but 
for the fact that wool absorbs moisture 
rapidly he would suffer from the cold. 
For general outdoor wear in the 
colder climates, mackinaw clothes are 
hard to beat. They are windproof and 
will turn considerable moisture, beside 
being very durable and yet light in 
weight. “Warmth without weight,” is 
a big thing in clothing the trapper. 
Woolen trousers and coats on the order 
supplied to the Canadian soldiers make 
mighty fine garments for rough usage 
in mountain countries. The writer had 
an army great-coat remodeled into a 
short coat and the experiment proved 
highly satisfactory. A trifle shorter 
than the average mackinaw coat, it was 
less bulky and even more durable. A 
coat of this sort, with trousers of the 
same material, makes an ideal combi- 
nation and one which can be purchased 
for a very reasonable price. 
Heavy duck clothing is durable and 
waterproof, but unless worn over 
warmer garments won’t keep out the 
cold. Mackinaw stag shirts are to be 
particularly recommended to trappers 
and lots of men rarely wear anything 
heavier in the line of a coat. Ordinary 
shirts should be fairly heavy and al- 
ways of wool. Never take a chance on 
buying your clothing from a dealer who 
specializes in “bargains,” for you are 
apt to find a nigger in the woodpile. 
Cheap, shoddy shirts will tear at every 
contact with brush and it’s a long ways 
to a store! 
In the colder mountainous regions 
old Jack Frost often bites so viciously 
a rifle barrel actually feels hot to naked 
flesh. No matter how tough a fellow’s 
hands may become he will never get to 
the point where he is safe in leaving 
his mitts at home when the thermometer 
registers around sixty below. For gen- 
unine satisfaction we heartily recom- 
mend medium weight woolen mittens 
and a pair of soft leather pullovers. 
Heavily lined leather mitts are a nui- 
sance; hands sweat easily in them and 
its hard to keep your hands warm 
afterward. If its too warm for the 
combination mentioned the woolen 
Page 695 
suits of 
- back). 
In writing to Advertisers mention Forest and Stream, 
mitts may be worn by themselves or 
the leather pullovers may be worn 
alone. When wet the mittens are eas- 
ily dried, while it is almost impossible 
to dry some of the lined leather mitts. 
Avoid enclosiggthe~hands in tight 
gloves or mitts, ‘theyAyill get cold much 
quicker. If you are prone to throw 
down your g y) hen you take them 
off tit ‘them 6 “with a stout’ cord 
which, is. paged ove the shoulder, it 
SAO you: trope gedtching’ in*vain 
“of them ‘sometime. . 
The average trapper is pictured 
wearing a cap fashioned from the skin 
of a wild animal, while actually very 
few trappers wear fur caps. A soft 
felt hat of medium-sized brim is fine 
for general purposes but of course falls 
down when Jack. Frost gets busy. Such 
a rig is fine for turning rain and for 
keeping fine needles where they belong 
(on the ground instead of down your 
Knitted wool toques are abso- 
lutely N. G. for a trapper. They afford 
no protection from sun or storm and 
catch on every branch or limb he passes 
beneath. An ordinary woolen cap hav- 
ing a strong, rather large visor and 
with fur-line flaps that will cover the 
ears well is best for winter. 
‘These few pointers should suffice in 
the selection of clothing for most any 
of this western country or for the colder 
regions of Canada. The buyer should 
remember that trapping is an occupa- 






_ tion in which there is no need for 
“dressing up,” and consequently affords 
an excellent opportunity for wearing 
old clothes. I would sooner put an extra 
fifty dollars into’ the grubstake than 
onto my back in the way of fancy 
clothing. : 
In addition to the articles mentioned, 
the trapper will carry miscellaneous 
equipment such as ‘snowshoes; a few 
tools including saw, files, hammer, pelt 
scraper; lamps (if in a position to use 
oil), cooking utensils, dog harness (if 
using dogs), ammunition, wire or cord 
for snares, stuff for preparing scents, 
tacks or small nails for stretching furs 
on the boards, sewing outfit, compass, 
oilstone or small pocket stone, a small 
but carefully selected stock of first-aid 
remedies and many additional articles 
which may be classed as strictly per- 
sonal. 
The Quest of the Agile Grays 
(Continued from page 663) 
cautiously I peer around the side of : Free Book Coupon 
it. There he is in an attitude for mak- 
ing arun. I bring the gun to bear and 
fire. Down he plumps. Thanks to the 
last thousand rounds of twenty-two am- 
munition I had fired during summer 
practice, I was pretty well fixed for 
making some center shots if I would 
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