What to do and how to do it; the American boys handy book (1920)
Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 245
catch-stick to rest in. Sharpen the ends of two small forked sticksand drive them into splits made near the ends of the boardwith the corner of the hatchet. Lay a cross piece from oneforked stick to the other, and with a bit of string or vegetablefibre suspend the catch-stick from the centre of the… … Toll-gate Trap. above the plank. To prevent the trap from swaying and toguide the deadfall in the proper direction, two upright guide-sticks should be erected (Fig. 140). The weight of a squirrelsfoot upon the bottom bar slips it from the catch-stick and downcomes the deadfall upon the shoulders of…
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