The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-31
Lice IN TIE FORESI.
TIL, Obs-rv ations OF ~ Canadian Trnpper
While Tending HI. Traps.

LIFE IN TIE FORESE
TIL, ObsrrSa tions OF - Canadian rrnpper
while Tendin. His Traps.
FREDERICTON. n. B.. July 1S.--Harry Braith-
waito. a famous trRpper. and his partner. Peter
Pringle came out Of the woods last week with
81 200 worth OF fur. the product Of their work
in the wintcr and spring months They killed
10 bears. "a foxes. "a ottors. ~ minks. %
martens Tor sablesl. % lynx. IL beavers. 12O
muskrats. g moose. and II caribou. The line
OF traps was seventy miles In length. Proba-
bly, no man in eastern Canadn has made
closer study OF forest life than BrAithwaite.
Speaking Of BEARS" he said lit has al
ways been n mystery to mo why they do not
increase in numbers in our Canadian woods.
They breed rapidly. live TO n very old ago. are
| unmolrsted ly other animals and seldom mo-
Tested Ivy man. yet tho bear population is on
the decline. Two winters ago | hit upon an
EXPLANATION that astonshed mo greatly and
taught me how little / knew about bears. l
| found that old bears, especially she BEARS
| when food 10 scarce. frequently devour their
young. I had often seen she bears in tho
| spring that had apparently lost their cubs. but
| never knew how or why. During the past
| two years. however. have closely Investigated
the subject, examinel tho stomnchs OF old
bears. &C.. and in u number of cases have dis
| covered undoubted evidence that the cubs
had been eaten. I believe that such cases
among carnivorous birds and animals are
more common than heretofore supposed
| For instance. this winter saw II large Arctic
| owl tearing away mt its prey on the edge OF u
thicfet vent to TIE spot ana found that tho
| that had ueen slain in combat.
| II used to be my opinion that a bear would
| not tackle a man unless wounded or badly cor
| n"red. but they AT" very dangerous IL sur
rrised A year or two ago. while cruising for
lumber. almost topped upon a she bear be;
tried to graphic wit h me. had no weapon.
noteven knife; | looked her steadily IN the
me- about ten minutes. growing and swapping
| hor teeth IN most vicious manner and trying
to get behind M. but whrnl would make =
| move toward her cubs she would rush toward
last reached the edge OF a litls clearing. and
she wheeled and made Of through the woods.
did not feel much afraid while tho bear was
after me. but when sne left sat down and It
to walk. Since then have not had the con-
| denre used to have in scri manages with bears.
IT is neleved by many that two vnri"t"s. OF
the black bear are 20 lie found III the Canadian
and New England forests, one q. unit aud long
and the other stout and less active. Lam COM
their habits and disposition. but they, ciong
TO the same species. Some, are like hogs in
and berries. while, others are ,f,nd, Of game.
| bear will occ4sionnl!y vary his diet with Il
menu mem, Of IT., fresh m have I1 known them to ire;
cool thenseiyss' and scoop the IN out with
sometimes eight feet in length The largest
n our Pile this s ,ni measure ;;syen
time to construct Il deadfall properly. and if
tnebeAr is very large he is pretty snr. t. . es.
marks "f the doad'all upon them They AFRO
the most valuable fur.hearins animals We
Generally credited with. Wien ho has has CON.
know tliat somS sort q trap vii DO pro-.
pared Tor him, II he has lied II sheep he
n"y"r approaches it a::ain without rsronn@!.
| slunr"ly t. ieeward. SO as to detect the
| presrnc" OF nun.
| called fisher have never known him to do
any nshing:, and. in fact. he belongs unmis-
Very kscn sense d smel Was traveins ny u" !"
the Airamichi River last winter when | saw
nenE yGtr .onnsSy ynsw ssv waY
IN the AR and, shifted ahout AZ though suspect,
Ing dnngrr He repeated that action several
| times, On the last occasion he made II race
f. mr the wn.er and disappeared under the lee.
| There was an mir hol. some rods below where
| would show himself there. lie did so. ana
shot him. then kept ON up stream and about
sa, GnMu at rE MGs my o patnsf rrnElr
stream. so it is. evident that the otter must
have scented Pringlo fully mile away.
of scent. They viii Locate and dig up ! .s small
piece of frozen meat covered with four feet OF
| OF buried bait a quarter ~ mile on and 10
wheel N their tracks and make directly for it
fall fTngI" raHGh, Csayer in one Of his
and thu. bower made oil with it. In tho FOL
lowing Maroh. PrinG!e noticed that fox had
| dug hole six feet deep through snowhank
near where the beaver was lost. At the bottom
o'the hole the snow, was frozen hard. and tho
| Pringle dug out the hole and found his heaver
with the trap attached and no worse for its
There ar", elieye. no wolves now in New
i,rantswlck though thG n hsrr ar" coming in so
may DO, exnected t. follow them. It is many y
| years since tho catn,nount, or Indian devil.
has. heen secn in this province. Moose and
timo Tor shooting them, is ihe last weeks Of
s,eptembcr and first weeks of October, during
Which ra rrw s1 tho moose in n" I e
! son and drop OF in November arc great i'm
prliment to tho, animal In travelling our
| tortst- Tho dcsis n oi nature seems TO DO to
| protect tho COW moose from too ardent attenr
| lions Tho cow moose ran penetrate thickots
| where tho male ID unabloto iollow
Interesting Telephone Incidents.
Eom he PhinL'I'hia R,eorl.
4 striking and at the same i'm" extremely
interesting Illustration Of the tc,erhone rs u
sound trausmltter occurred yesterday after
paper receives its New York news by direct
| long distance telrph4ne shortly lter2 o'clock
thero was noisy changing OF fire gongs in
| front 81 the utlice n the engines tore VI the
street toward Cherry. whence an alarm OF lire
had been turned in. go
:" Is that fre in Your building" nueried the
at the Philadelphia end NO" was the re-
Spouse from tho astonishod operator; 1T is
| UP the street somewhere. Did you hear the
balls !" Yes" replied New York. Il heard
| them very distinctly"
This Is MT the first time that the same strik-
the same wire. The previous experience was
reversed. the Phi ladelnhia operator. during
the great naval celebration in New York city.
| having plainly heard tn" tattoo OF the drums
| No they marched IN tho procession