Trapping, although a hard life, would be simply fascinating if one could get the fur without having to kill everything. It is terribly cruel.
An Indian hauled our canoe to the head waters of the Little Buffalo, ready for the spring hunt, which simply consisted of drifting quietly down-as soon as the ice had all gone and shooting everything we saw on the way. Hornby made the spring hunt alone because I got a temporary job with the Government. Our catch had been a good one, but prospects were not as good for the spring and we thought we might as well get some cash while trapping was slack.
