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band would force the game to pass through the nooses, which would imme-
diately contract around their necks. By scampering away, the frightened cariboo
would soon see the stick attached to the snare caught in the numberless
obstructions of the forest, which would cause a speedy death by suffocation.

The snare shown in fig. 27, if slightly more complicated, is none the
less easy of comprehension. Its intended victims are bears.

Fig. 28 has for object the same animals. That contrivance may be pointed
to as evidence of no slight ingenuity or foresight. Once caught in the noose
and sprung up by the fall of the forked props at the larger end of the beam,
the animal naturally struggles for a support that
will annul the action of the string, with the result
that its paws soon get hold of the wooden piece
that slides under the smaller extremity of the fall
stick or lever. By pressing down on it, the bear
only hastens its own death.

Figs. 29 and 30 represent lynx snares. To
understand the working of the latter it suffices
to remark that the post a being movable, it drops
at the first movement of the game, which is the-
reby immediately strung up.

Snare fig. 31 is used mostly for the capture of foxes. The string above
the noose is wound round a stake solidly driven in the ground and a detach-