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Chapter 1 THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY.
Chapter 2 THE FREE TRADER.
Chapter 3 OUTFITTING INDIANS.
Chapter 4 TRACKERS OF THE NORTH.
Chapter 5 PROVISIONS FOR THE WILDERNESS.
Chapter 6 FORTS AND POSTS.
Chapter 7 ABOUT INDIANS.
Chapter 8 WHOLESOME FOODS.
Chapter 9 OFFICERS' ALLOWANCES.
Chapter 10 INLAND PACKS.
Chapter 11 INDIAN MODE OF HUNTING BEAVER.
Chapter 12 INDIAN MODE OF HUNTING LYNX AND MARTEN.
Chapter 13 INDIAN MODES OF HUNTING FOXES.
Chapter 14 INDIAN MODES OF HUNTING OTTER AND MUSQUASH.
Chapter 15 REMARKABLE SUCCESS.
Chapter 16 THINGS TO AVOID.
Chapter 17 ANTICOSTA AND ITS FURS.
Chapter 18 CHISELLING AND SHOOTING BEAVER.
Chapter 19 THE INDIAN DEVIL.
Chapter 20 A TAME SEAL.
Chapter 21 THE CARE OF BLISTERED FEET.
Chapter 22 DEER-SICKNESS.
Chapter 23 A CASE OF NERVE.
Chapter 24 AMPHIBIOUS COMBATS.
Chapter 25 ART OF PULLING HEARTS.
Chapter 26 DARK FURS.
Chapter 27 INDIANS ARE POOR SHOTS.
Chapter 28 A BEAR IN THE WATER.
Chapter 29 VORACIOUS PIKE.
Chapter 30 THE BRASS-EYED DUCK.
Chapter 31 GOOD WAGES TRAPPING.
Chapter 32 A PARD NECESSARY.
Chapter 33 AN HEROIC ADVENTURE.
Chapter 34 WILD OXEN.
Chapter 35 LONG LAKE INDIANS.
Chapter 36 DEN BEARS.
Chapter 37 THE MISHAPS OF RALSON.
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Chapter 30 THE BRASS-EYED DUCK.

The whistler, whistle-wing, great head, garrot or brass-eyed is one of the few ducks that, to my knowledge, builds its nest in trees.

The Indians, who are noted for giving appropriate names, call this duck "arrow duck," on account of its quick passage through the air. They fly very swiftly, and it is only an expert gunner that can bring them dow

             
            

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