THE TRAP lor 



with melted fat made pemmicaii, the best of 

 winter foods. 



Where there were no chffs over which a herd 

 could be driven, the practice of calling the 

 game was just the same, but the narrowing 

 avenue of stone heaps led to the gate of a ring 

 fence into which the big game were penned 

 for slaughter. 



This ring fence has many countries, many 

 names, being the pound or corrall of North 

 America, jaral of Mexico, kraal of Africa, 

 keddah of India, circus of Rome, bull-ring of 

 Spain and old England. With the advancing 

 ages the perching of spectators on the fence 

 became the Auditorium of the circus. Stadium, 

 and Colosseum, and the baiting of beasts and 

 men, the wild beast fights, the mimic battles, 

 and martyrdom of saints, varied the savage 

 programme with racing, tournaments, and 

 athletic sports 



So far as our subject is concerned, however, 

 one need only note that herds of wild animals, 

 the fighting males, the mothers and their young 

 of many species much too swift for men to run 

 down in the open, w^ere captured alive and un- 

 hurt. Among these w^ere ponies with their 

 mares and foals. 



The pity for young animals and the love of 



