The boy craftsman; practical and profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours (1905)
Hall, A. Neely (Albert Neely), b. 1883 · Boston : Lee and Shepard · leaf 265
HOME-MADE TRAPS *23 ground in the form of a wigwam. This is a guard for the bait, and should be open on one side only, as shown in the illustration. Place a short log in front of the opening, and at both ends of this drive a stake against the outer face of the log, as shown in the drawing. Then… … Fig. 220. — The Dead Fall. first log. Cut a forked stick about twelve inches long for the bait-stick, notching one end and tapering the other, as shown in Fig. 221, and cut another stick twenty- four inches long and flatten it at both ends. To set the dead fall, raise an end of the upper log and…
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