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each. The hive is now ready for setting, and as all natives are 
passionately fond of honey, great is their excitement when a 
swarm is seen or heard in the vicinity. When the time comes for 
taking the honey the bees are partly stupefied by smoke; stings 
are inevitable, but little notice is taken of these comparative trifles 
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SNARE FOR [TRAPPING ANTELOPES 
when a feast is in store. Everything is eaten and relished, no 
matter whether the comb contains honey or young bees. 
Throughout much of Portuguese East Africa it is a common 
sight to see traps, consisting of a sapling and cord, set on animal 
tracks or footpaths where antelopes occur. 
The place chosen for the purpose is usually between bushes or 
other natural obstacles which prevent the animal from avoiding 
the trap. To one side of the path a strong springy sapling, ten to 
