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Author of "Pastoral Days".
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A captivating, timeless classic for the libraries of all hikers, campers, and lovers of the outdoors
First published in 1881, this complete illustrated guide reveals how to catch everything from squirrels and mice to tigers and bears, and offers general advice on camping and hiking in the woods. Among the treasures within are easy-to-follow plans for building dozens of traps; comprehensive directions for the building of shanties and log cabins, and boats and canoes; hints on food and cooking utensils; instructions for the curing and tanning of hides; and much, much more, including these indispensable tidbits of advice:
• Smear oil of cumin on the trail of a wolf to lure him to the trap.
• Repel mosquitoes with oil from a pennyroyal plant’s leaves.
• Do not “calculate very confidently on securing a fox on the first attempt.”
• Combat a skunk’s odor with chloride of lime.
• Use a rabbit’s special fondness for salt to entice it into a trap.
• Make homemade flypaper out of molasses or spruce gum.
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NO ILLUSTRATIONS, Nov 4 2006
By yoda - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making (Hardcover)
Be forewarned...this hardback versions does NOT include the illustrations which are an instrumental component of understanding the text !!!
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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Most Disappointing, Aug 27 2010
By J. Ray - Published on Amazon.com
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I saw a copy of this on line and was impressed, so I ignored the other low rating, but the book I received was very disappointing; more so than any other book I've ever purchased. Don't buy this one, look at some of the other versions that have pictures and illustrations as this one is worthless with out them.
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WARNING! HORRIBLE EXCUSE FOR A BOOK!, Jan 30 2011
By M. Bennett - Published on Amazon.com
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Had to rate it a 1 star, as that is the lowest rating to choose! One star is giving this abortion too much credit.I honestly think a 6th grader could have produced a better "book" than this. Yes, it has text. Yes, it has been printed. Yes, it is TECHNICALLY a book. BUT, NO, it is not worth one penny.
A how-to book with complicated instructions WITHOUT THE FIRST ILLUSTRATION.
If you can remember 3 pages of instructions in a book that measures 8" x 11" you must be a genius savant! If you didn't take advanced courses in college, forget this feeble attempt to make money by writing about something the author obviously hasn't done and cannot draw or photograph ONE THING that he has done!
A joke for a book!
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