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small strings lashed to the bushes near by, will, to free himself therefrom,, 

 pull forward or backward. Either movement must result in the fall of 

 the post a and thereby of the beam b. 



Fig. 87. 



As to the second mode of setting the bear-snare, it may be necessary 

 to explain that as soon as the game is noosed up by the falling of the 

 crossed poles, he will naturally, in his efforts to disentangle himself,, 

 struggle for a support for his paws so as to annul the action of the noose. 

 This is provided for hi.n in the shape of the wooden piece noticeable 

 under the small end of the lever. But as the role of the hunter is not 

 one of mercy, he has taken care, prior to setting his snare, to bore through 

 that piece of wood a hole large enough to ensure its slipping down with 

 the contraction of the noose. So that by pressing down on it, the animal 

 only hastens its own death. The manner of lashing the lever or balancing 

 pole to the post is shown in Fig. 88. It is reputed the safest and is 

 adopted with regard to all other snares requiring a similar appliance. 



The setting of the cariboo snare cannot be simpler. As shown 

 herewith, it merely consists in a noose attached to a stout stake (fig. 89) 

 with which the game scampers away, and becoming engaged among 

 fallen or standing trees chokes himself to death. 



Until a {^\\ years ago, the Tse'kehne were wont to use these snares 

 extensively and with no mean results. As many as forty or fifty were 



