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Title: Rod and gun
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Canadian Forestry Association
Subjects: Fishing Hunting Outdoor life
Publisher: Beaconsfield, Que. (etc.) Rod and Gun Pub. Co. (etc.)
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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p of some cedars for I wasntkilled. But I was out all right for along time for the first thing I knewshe was scenting all over me, snuffingand lifting me with her snout, thenblessed if she didnt start to tear anold log to pieces, covering me all overwith the bits of bark she stripped offthe log. I had got such a crack that Icouldnt even wriggle. \\hen she £jolme all snugly hidden the old varmintscratched and clawed rotten wood allover the place. I kept still most anhour after all sounds ceased; then Icrawled out and crept down the val-ley on my hands and knees. After abit I spied her away up on anotherledge tearing up another log to makea monument for me, a sort of totempole, doubtless. I managed to wrig-gle home and I stayed there till I gotfit again and then—well, if you cometo that cabin there at the Forks Illshow you her hide, dod gast her. WITH SNOWSHOES, GUN AND KODAKIN NORTHERN ONTARIO A Young Englishmans First Experienceof Canadian Winter Sport Photographed by 11. D. McCrae
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1. Expectation 2. Deliberation 3. Exiiilaration 4. Vexation 6. D nation 6. Consolation PRINTS FROM CANADIAN TRAILS H. Mortimer Batten The Raccoon and His Little Ways. THE raccoon, or wash-bear, hasmany interesting traits of char-acter, and, though a fierce andformidable lighter, often capable ofputting three or four dogs double itssize to ignominious flight, is by naturea lover of peace and solitude. It isfound most abundantly in the mari-time provinces, and its recognizeddwelling is deep down in the trunk ofsome mighty basswood. where itsleeps away the daylight hours, emer-ging only after dark. Low, swamp country is best lovedby the coons, and their favorite foodconsists of frogs and ac(uatic insects.Usually the home tree is situatedclose to water, and, when the yoimgare old enough, the whole family ad-journs each night to one of these re-cognized huuting-groimds. The coondoes not swim or dive in pursuit of itsfood. Crouching by the margin, itgropes in the mud with delicate hnger-tip

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