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 247
foreach opening and arrange a slip-noose in each archway ; spreadthe loops apart and keep them in this position by catchingthe strings slightly into notches made upon the outside of 2l8 Autumn, the arch (see Fig. 141). The birds, when they seek their ac-customed feeding place, will walk into the… … FiG. 141.—The Partridge Snare. ridge will try to force its way through, the noose tightens andholds the bird a prisoner. Sometimes the youthful trapper willfind the lifeless body of a rabbit with the fatal noose around itsneck, and often he will miss one or two of his arches that havebeen uprooted…
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