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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 pathway, 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 means 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 unfrequently happens that Woodcocks, and other 

 large birds, get entangled within them. And if time 

 permits, it is always desirable to erect small His-Hag, 

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



