. Le guide du trappeur; un manuel d'instructions pour capturer tous les types d'animaux à fourrure et guérir leur peau; avec des observations sur le commerce des fourrures, des conseils sur la vie dans les bois, et des récits sur le piégeage et les excursions de chasse. yeux vers les wil-bas voisins, de sorte qu'un homme peut toujours s'y rendre sans être vu par les oiseaux sous le filet. Quand tout est ainsi préjihaé, les huntersgo aux saules et bois adjacents, et, quand ils commencent le jeu, s'efforcer de le conduire dans le filet, qui n'est parfois pas difficile tâche, ils courent souvent avant eux comme des poulets ; et parfois re-qu

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. The trapper's guide; a manual of instructions for capturing all kinds of fur-bearing animals, and curing their skins; with observations on the fur-trade, hints on life in the woods, and narratives of trapping and hunting excursions. eyed to the neighboring wil-lows, so that a man can always get at it without being seen by thebirds under the net. When everything is thus prejiared, the huntersgo to the adjacent willows and woods, and, when they start the game, endeavor to drive it into the net, which at times is no hard task, asthey frequently run before them like chickens ; and sometimes re-quire no driving, for, as soon as they see the black heap of gravelon the snow they fly straight toward it. The hunter then goes tothe end of the line, and when he sees that there are as many aboutthe grave! as the net can cover, or as many as are likely to go underat that time, with a sudden pull lie hauls down the stakes and thenet falls on the snow, and incloses the greater portion of the birdsthat are under it. By this simple contrivance I have known upwardsof three hundred caught in one morning by three persons. The weig-lit of the Willow Ptarmio-an is about one and ahalf pounds. Another species called the Rock Ptarmigan is. WATER FOWL. 107 found in British America, throughout nearly the same range.They are smaller than the Willow Ptarmigan, and congregatetogether in gieat numbers in the open grounds in winter. EUROPEAN GROUSE. The principal Grouse of Europe are the Capercaille and theBlack Grouse. The former is a very large bird, about threefeet long, and inhabits the wooded portions of Northern Eu-rope, especially those of Sweden and Norway. The BlackGrouse is also quite large. They are abundant in Swedenand Norway, and Northern Europe. Several species of ptar-migan are also found on the Eastern Continent. WATER FOWL. Tavo families of water fowl are of considerable importance tathe trapper. These are the Ducks and the Geese. The for-mer are so familiar as to need no descri

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