er uses a clog
instead of a stake to fasten his trap with, and his traps are close
to water, he can use a long pole or a hook and gently drag the skunk
to the water and drown it. Then the water will carry the fluid or
scent as discharged, away.

Now if the trapper is very timid and has plenty of time, I would
advise that he provide himself with a light pole ten or twelve feet
long, split at one end and take a quart tin can with sockets or
brackets soldered onto the sides of the can, so that the can may be
placed in between the split at the end of the pole. The two prongs
placed into the sockets on the can so as to hold the can firm. Now
fill the can part full of cotton and prepare yourself with a bottle
of chloroform (not brandy). Now with this outfit the trapper will
proceed to follow along his trap line, and when he finds a skunk in
his trap he will cautiously approach the skunk after he, the trapper
(not the skunk) has well saturated the cotton in the can from the
chloroform from the bottle. Then gently work the can up to the
skunk's nose and over its head, when the chloroform will soon do its
deadly work. After the skunk is dead, the trapper should remove the
scent glands as before described, lest the scent may be squeezed from
the glands in skinning the skunk.

Another reader asks what kind of a gun he shall take with him to hunt
deer, as he is contemplating going on a deer hunting trip next fall.
Now I would say any kind of a rifle that suits you. But if you should
ask me what kind of a gun I use, I would not hesitate to say that I
prefer the 38-40 and black powder. This gun shoots plenty strong to
do all the shooting as to distance or penetrations that the deer
hunter will require, and there is not near so much danger of shooting
a man or domestic animal a mile away that the hunter knows nothing
of, as is the case with a high power gun. Besides, from an economical
point, the ammunition for the 38-40 black powder gun costs only about
one-half that of the smokeless or high power guns. However, if the
hunter thinks that he must have a high power gun in order to be a
successful deer hunter, he will find the 30-30 or similar calibers
good for large game, and it is not heavy to handle.

CHAPTER XXVI.

The Screech of the Panther.

Some time ago, a writer to the H-T-T, whose name I have forgotten,
gave his views in regard to this subject, and requested that the
readers give their experiences and ideas on the m