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atively easy to get another chain around 

 his other pa.w and two ropes around his 

 hind legs, and then he was stretched out, 

 spread-eagle fashion, on the floor of the 

 trap. 



The next move was to fasten a heavy 

 chain around his neck in such a way that it 

 could not choke him, and to accomplish 

 this it was necessary to muzzle the Mon- 

 arch. A stick about eighteen inches long 

 and two inches thick was held under his 

 nose, and he promptly seized it in his jaws. 

 Before he dropped it a stout cord was made, 

 fast to one end of the stick, passed over his 

 nose, around the other end of the stick, 

 under his jaw, and then wound around his 

 muzzle and the stick in such a way as to 

 bind his jaws together, a turn back of his 

 head holding the gag firmly in place. 



The Monarch was now bound, gagged 

 and utterly helpless, but he never ceased 

 roaring with rage at his captors and strug- 

 gling to get just one blow at them with 

 his paw. It was an easy matter for a man 



