THE BYGEL-DONA. 



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and the berries that serve to entice the " Krams-foglar," 

 are placed upon, or appended to A, in the manner shown. 



THE BYGEL-DONA. 



This device is even more simple than the " Bast- 

 Dona," and is in consequence in more general use. It 

 consists of a hazel or other shoot A, free from knots, and 

 about 15 inches in length, the ends of which, after it 

 has been bent in the form shown in the sketch, are 

 inserted, by means of an auger, in the tree or branch B. 

 The Snares C C C are appended to the upper part of the 

 bovy, by passing their knotted ends through incisions 

 made in the wood with a knife, and the berries D D are 

 attached to the lower portion of the bow. 



Another kind of " Bygel-Dona " is called the Los- 

 Sage, or loose bow. This consists of a hazel-shoot fourteen 

 to fifteen inches in length, the ends of which, after it has 

 been bent bow-form, are inserted, at about eight inches 

 apart, in a small block of wood (the cleft half of the 

 branch of a tree), nine to ten inches in length. This 

 device has the advantage over those named, that 

 it may be constructed in all its parts at home, and the 

 necessity of working in the open air, and having one's 

 lingers frozen, is thereby avoided ; as also, that it is 



