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casting, 91
identifying, 201, 245, 251, 253
Arrows, blow-pipe, 219
Axe sheath, 117
Bathing, steam, 82
Beaver
dams, 113
house, 35
Bellows, 100–3
Bird
feeding, 37, 194, 255
houses, 70–71
migration, 110–12, 193–94
tracks, 65
Camp equipment bedding, 184–85
clothing, 259–61
cooking, 117, 134, 137–39, 171–72, 248
provisions, list of, 172–75
Camping in winter, 55–59
Candle
holders, 99–100
making, 267–68
Canoe
hauling, 152
paddles, 121–23
portaging, 132–33, 158–59
sails, 156–58
storing, 216
Carving, see Animal tracks, Models
Chair, barrel, 65–66
Clothing, 259–61
Compass
how to make, 141–42
how to use, 43–44
needles used for, 139–40
watch used for, 47
Dewdrop
formation, 145–47
microscope, 120–21
Direction, how to determine, 46, 61
Distance, how to measure, 45
barrel-hoop wheel, 46
Drum, 76–77
Dyes, 237–38
Feet, care of, 200–2
Fireless cooker, 255–58
Fires
building, 212, 217, 226–28
danger from, 178
forest, 163–65
First-aid equipment, 263
Fish
preservation, 184
storage in ice, 60
Fishing
flies, 72
through ice, 73
tricks, 182–84
Food
on the trail, 39–60
preservation, 184
smoked meat, 202–4
storage, 60, 160–62, 217–18
Frostbite, 61
Frost crystals, 249–59
Games, 233–35
Grass cutter, 153
Hammocks, barrel-stave, 153–54
Heliograph, 264–67
Hides, tanning, 224–26
Horn, 136
Ice boat, 245–47
Ice flow, 88–89
Ice creepers, 231–32
Insects, 148–51
Knife bread, 73
hunting, 73
sharpening, 115
wood carving, 115
Level, carpenter’s, 162–63
Lights
candles, 99–100
fireflies, 132
Logging, 93–94
Magnet, 140
Maple sugar, 68–69
Moccasins, 33–34
Models
animal, 115–16, 135
camps, 228–29
tools for, 74, 115
Mouse trap, 218–19
Oven
French Canadian, 124–26
Reflector, 189
Pets, wild animal, 235–36
Photographic blinds, 196–99, 237
Rabbitskin robe, 55–56
Radio, 238–43
Raindrops, size of, 86–87
Recipes
baked beans, 187–88
baked fish, 188–89
blueberry pudding, 200
griddlecakes, 258–59
Indian pudding, 75–76
waterfowl, 221
Saws, 73–74
Sled
dog, 222
hunting, 52–53
repairs to, 74
Sled dogs, 103
harness for, 224
Sling stick, 119–20
Smoked meat see Food
Snow goggles, 37–38
Snowshoes, 232–33
hitch, 232
Mal de raquette 32
Snow storms, danger from, 262
Stars, as guides, 61
Sundial, 167–68
Table, split-log, 99
Tanning see Hides
Tents, 175–78
Timber felling, 208, 210
Trail signs, 44–45
Vegetable garden, 104–6
Water, purifying of, 153
Waterproofing
flour and sugar bags, 139
matches, 124
tents, 179
Weather signs, 142–47, 244
Weather vane, 218–19
Whittling see Animal traces, Models
Wind gage, 31–32