C Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making W. Hamilton Gibson

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Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making

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Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making, by W. Hamilton Gibson, contains comprehensive hints on camp shelter, log huts, bark shanties, woodland beds and bedding, boat and canoe building, and valuable suggestions on trappers' food. The contents list includes an interesting adventure with a skunk and a method of eradicating the odor from the clothing.

A description says the ears of the lynx form a distinct feature, by which the animal could be easily identified, and that they are long and tipped with stiff projecting hairs. A passage on furs says the Beaver was formerly highly prized in the manufacture of hats, and that cheaper materials have since been substituted in making hats. The text also says the soft, white fur from the belly of the animal is largely used in France for bonnets.

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W. Hamilton Gibson

William Hamilton Gibson (1850-1896) was an American illustrator, naturalist, and essayist, born at Sandy Hook, Connecticut. He built his reputation on exacting pen-and-ink studies of plants and insects, drawn for The Youth's Companion, St.