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THE SPRINTEL. 



pathways iu qv;estion, the better to lead the birds into 

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THE SPRINTEL. 



This is, perhaps, the best of all the " Donor," but 

 accuracy is requisite in its construction, and care needful 

 in its management. A is a piece of wood six to seven 

 inches in lengtli ; but its shape, provided it be not too 

 clumsy, is not of mvich moment ; C, a coil of wire of no 

 great thickness, the outer end of which inclines upward, 

 and forms the spring D ; B, a deep notch at the upper 

 l)art of A, in the angle of which is a small aperture 

 made with a red-hot iron for the introduction of the 

 snare P; E, the " giller pinne," its innermost end resting 

 on the lower portion of the notch B, in which position it 

 is retained by a dou])le knot tied in the snare E ; and G, 

 berries placed immediately beneath the latter, to lure the 



