Canadian Wilds / Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc.

A veteran fur-trade worker describes the Hudson's Bay Company's organization, its forts and posts, and trading relations with northern Indigenous peoples, then provides detailed practical instruction on outfitting expeditions, daily rations, caching techniques, fishing, snaring, and trapping methods for beaver, lynx, fox, otter and other fur-bearing animals. The text combines step-by-step guidance on provisions, packs and field preservation with observations on animal habits, the care of common ailments such as blistered feet, and numerous anecdotal episodes illustrating successes, failures and hazards encountered in the wilderness. Practical survival advice and hands-on techniques for procuring and preserving furs run throughout the work.