Cameron was an old hand, and they found it difficult to

escape his vigilant eye.

From this point all the trappers were sent forth in

small parties every morning in various directions, some

on foot and some on horseback, according to the distances

they had to go; but they never went farther

than twenty miles, as they had to return to camp every

evening.

Each trapper had ten steel traps allowed him. These

he set every night, and visited every morning, sometimes