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them are depicted above, the fourth being of a very similar 

 nature to one of the others. 



1st. (see fig. 1.) A represents a hazel - sapling, 

 which, after being bent across a pathway, is secured to 

 the upright stick B, with "bast" in the manner seen; 

 and C C the snares. 



2nd. (see fig. 2.) A is a hazel or other pliable wand, 

 of the thickness of one's finger, and from sixteen to 

 eighteen inches in length ; the ends of which, after it has 

 been bent in the form shown, are inserted in the ground 

 on each side of a j^athway, which it thus spans, so to say. 

 The snares B B are afterwards appended to the bow in 

 the usual way. 



3rd. (see fig. 3.) This consists of two sticks, A A, 

 placed crosswise over a small pathway, or run, of about 

 four inches in breadth, that has been previously prepared 

 for the purpose by D:ieans of a little rake. These sticks 

 are then tied together near their tops with " bast " or 

 string, and snares are affixed to the upper part of 

 them in such wise that they hang close together, and at 

 about two inches from the ground. 



The " Lop-Donor " are commonly placed amongst 

 brushwood, frequented by thrushes and other birds 

 that feed much on worms, &c. The small pathways, 

 or runs, mentioned, should be raked every day, and 

 afterwards sparingly strewn with mountain-ash berries, 

 cranberries, and other berries, of which the " Krams- 

 foglar" are fond. 



The sticks forming these devices, it is to be remarked, 

 should be fixed securely in the ground, and the snares 

 used be composed of five to six horse-hairs; because 

 it not unfrcquently happens that Woodcocks, and other 

 large birds, get entangled within them. And if time 

 permits, it is alw^ays desirable to erect small His-Hag, 

 or fences of spruce, pine twigs, etc., on both sides of the 



