MODE OF HUNTING LYNX AND MARTEN. 97 



youths aim to accomplish ; they are then consid- 

 ered hunters. 



Lynxes are always found in greatest num- 

 bers where their natural food supply is most 

 plentiful. They feed usually on rabbits and 

 partridges, and these are to be found in young 

 growth of such trees as pitch pine, birch and 

 poplar. 



The Indian also, when he is dependent on 

 rabbits, lives on the border of such a country, 

 and has long lines of snares which he visits two 

 or three times a week. Along this snare road 

 at certain distances he has his lynx snares, 

 which are nothing different from those set for 

 rabbits, except being much larger. Yes, there 

 is another difference: Instead of the snare be- 

 ing tied to a tossing pole, it is simply tied to a 

 stout birch stick, 3 or 4 feet long by about 2 

 inches in diameter. The extreme ends of this 

 are lodged on two forked sticks, and the snare 

 hanging down in the middle is then set, tied 

 to small dry twigs on each side to keep it in 

 position. 



At the back of the snare, at about 2 or 3 feet, 

 the head and stuffed skin of a rabbit is fixed un- 

 der some brush. The skin is filled with moss, 

 or pine brush, and is fixed so as to look as much 

 as possible like a live rabbit in its form. The 



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