THE SLAG-NAT. 



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chamber not being increased, like that device, by the 

 trap being sprung. 



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THE slag-NaT. 



Another device for the capture of the Hawk-tribe is 

 called the Slag-Nat, and has these advantages, that it is 

 but little expensive, and requires no other spring-power 

 beyond a hard-twisted rope. It is made of stout twine, and 

 attached to two half-circular hoops connected together by 

 the rope A B, and is fastened crosswise to C, a long and 

 narrow slip of wood. Distended, it measures some ten 

 feet in length, by eight in breadth. 



When the net is " gillrad," the lower bow is thrown 

 back on the upper in the manner shown in fig. 2, in 

 which position both the net and the " giller-kors " are 

 retained by the hooked stick G; and to conceal the net 

 from view, moss and grass are afterwards sprinkled over 

 it. Usually the net is fastened to the ground by means 

 of wooden pegs, shown at the head of fig. 1 ; but should 

 it be placed on the bare rock, as is frequently the case, 

 it is hooked on to iron pins (see fig. 3), sunk in the 



