MEANS OF PURSUIT AND CAPTURE. 37 



VI. TRAPS. 



32. PEN-TRAPS. 



a. Pocket- traps : 

 Pitfalls : 



Pits, covereil. 



Barrel-traps. 



Jar mole-traps. 



" Eabbit-tipe," used in England. 

 Salmon-baskets, (Columbia Kiver.) 

 Salmon-weirs, (Upper Columbia Eiver.) 

 Biver- weirs, with pockets: 



Eel-traps. 

 Fish-slides : 



Shad-slides, used in the rivers of North Carolina. 

 h. Labyrinth-traps: 

 Corrals. 

 Turkey-traps. 

 Weirs, or pounds : 



Heart-pound. 



Salmon-weir. 



Virginia Indian weir, (figured by DeBry.) 



Salmon hook-gill-net of the Saint Lawrence. 

 Funnel-traps : 



Fish-pots. 



Lobster-pots. 



Eel-weirs, (with leaders.) 



Eel-pots, (without leaders.) 



Barrel-pots, for eels. 



West India wicker fish-po*«. 



Set-nets. 



Fykes, (set-nets with leaders.) 



Bass-traps. 

 c. Door-traps: 



t Closed hy the falling of a door. 

 Box-traps. 



Eabbit-traps, (figure 4.) 

 Brick traps, (figure 4.) 



