WAR AND HUNTING. 



CHAPTER Y. 



Reverted Spikes and their Modifications. The Wire Mouse-trap. George III. 

 and the Trap. Fate of a Royal Finger. The Crab and Lobster Pot. The 

 Eel-pot. Cocoon of the Emperor-moth and its Structure. " Catchpoll " of 

 the Middle Ages. Deer-trap of India. Jaws of Pike and Serpent. The 

 Grass-snake. Jaws of Shark and their Power. Spiked Defences. The 

 Park Fence, the Garden Wall, and the Chevaux-de-frise. The " Square" of 

 Infantry Manoeuvres. The Abattis, and its Structure and Power. Ran- 

 jows and Caltrops. Ancient Ranjows in Ireland. Hedgehog. Porcupine 

 Echidna. House-builder Caterpillar and its Home. Repagula of Ascala- 

 phus. Tearing Weapons. The " Wag-nuk " of India. Armed Gauntlet of 

 the Middle Ages. Shark-tooth Gauntlet of Samoa, and the Uses to which it 

 was put. A terrible Warrior. The Tiger's Claw. Sport and Earnest. 



REVERTED SPIKES., 



T AM not quite satisfied with this title, but it is the best that 

 I can find. By it I mean that mode of mechanism which, 

 by means of an array of sharp spikes, permits an animal to 

 enter a passage easily, and yet prevents it from emerging. 



Whether or not this principle be now employed in warfare I 

 cannot say, but it is at all events used extensively in a small 



COCOON OF EMPKBOB-JIOTII. 



MOUSE-TRAP. 



way of hunting, the best known of which is the wire Mouse- 

 trap, one of which is shown at Fig. C on the illustration. A 



