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WITH NATURE AND A CAMERA. 



Pheasant running down a cart-wheel rut for a con- 

 siderable distance before it could get out. Just 

 when the downy little creature came opposite the 

 hummock of stones, a break in the side of the rut 

 enabled it to escape and disappear in the copse. 



STOAT IN TRAP, 



On stopping to watch him it occurred to my l)rotlier 

 to examine the trap again, and upon doing so we 

 were suri)rised to find that it held a wicked-looking 

 Stoat firmly witliin its grip, and a photograph was 

 at once taken of the unfortunate captive. 



I have often trapped tliese little animals with 

 what is known in North Yorkshire as a '' Samson 

 Post," and in otlier parts of tlie country as a 

 " Figure of Four," from the resem])lance wliicli the 



