It was not, however, till of late years that the sagacious Indians discovered that the castoreum was a certain bait for the animals themselves.
Of the infatuation of this animal for castoreum he saw several instances.
Then one of the maids said she heard him asking the mistress if she had any oil of bergamot, and if there was any castoreum left in the house.
Knowing so well their methods, it was the opinion of them all that the heaviest assault would be on the leeward side, as there the wind carried the strong scent from the castoreum and the meat.
The trap may be set at the entrance to the holes in the banks, two or three inches under water, implanting the stick with the castoreum bait directly over the pan, a few inches above the water.
Castoreum is a commercial drug, and in many beaver countries it is quite an article of trade.
Taking advantage of this curious propensity, the trapper always carries a supply of castoreum in a closed vessel.
A piece of cat, beaver or muskrat flesh is also excellent, and by slightly scenting with castoreum success will be made sure.
A few drops of either the pure castoreum or the combination spread upon the bait or in the neighborhood of the trap, as described under the chapter on the Beaver, will entice that animal from a great distance.
The use of castoreum in medicine is considerable, especially in nervous and spasmodic diseases, and it is often advantageously combined with opium.
Sometimes the substance which constitutes their value is sophisticated; a portion of the castoreum being extracted, and replaced by lead, clay, gums, or some other foreign matters.
Beaver, instinct and intelligence of the; voice of the; castoreum of the.
The latitude of the town of Beresov is the headquarters of the Siberian beaver, hunted not for the fur but for the precious castoreum or beaver-stone, to which such great medical virtues are ascribed.
Take of Castoreum in powder half an ounce, spirit of Castoreum half a pound, digest them ten days cold, strain it, and keep the Liquor for Tincture.
Castoreum being boiled in the distilled water thereof, is singularly good to be given to those that are troubled with cramps and convulsions.
Oil of Castoreum: Of one ounce of Castoreum oil one pound, Wine four ounces, which must be consumed with the heat of a bath.
Then building a stockade similar to the last, and placing a fish-head smeared with Castoreum inside, he bent down a small Poplar and from it suspended the noose covering the entrance to the stockade.
I smell something," he continued; "has any one found a Castoreum Bait, and got it in his pocket?
He like for smell some t'ing, so I give him Castoreum me for rub on hes nose--perhaps some necktie too.
The castoreum of the beaver was considered a most efficient remedy for earache, deafness, headache, and gout, for the restoring of the memory and the cure of insanity.
Castoreum was the most popular of these, and from it was compounded the great cure-all.
Next in importance to its skin, the beaver was valued for the castoreum it yielded.
When the poor beaver comes sniffing along the castoreum trail to the steel-trap and on the first splash into the water feels a pair of iron jaws close on his feet, he dives below to try and gain the shelter of his house.
Pomatum orcastoreum may be daubed on everything touched.
With the castoreum licks, which tell them of some other beaver, perhaps looking for a mate or lost cub, they may become so exhilarated as to jump clear of the trap.
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