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USEFUL CATS 



io-in. jaws, which, being furnished with sharp spikes, kills the 

 animal at once, and tells " no tale." But the poaching (it may 

 be a " torn " on courting excursion) cat is usually captured with 

 the large rabbit trap, selecting a place for setting at side of a 



FIG. 137. TRAP SET FOR CAT IN OPEN. 



path or ride, and by a tree-butt or thick bush, forming a pathway 

 of sticks leading to the bait, generally a paunched rabbit opened 

 out, placed and secured at the far end, with the trap carefully 

 concealed at the entrance and spring inwards about 6 in. from 

 the bait. Where such "back" as that just mentioned is not at 

 hand, as in rabbit-warrens and other open places, a sort of square 

 may be made with brushwood, in which to peg the bait, leading 



