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it was entrusted to Mr. Edon, who has set it up 

 with his usual care and skill. 



Happily for pisciculture, Mr. Lane, trap- 

 maker, of Wednesfield, has introduced some 

 first-rate apparatus for their capture. His 

 traps are small and circular, and are set on 

 discs of wood, and supplied with a small perch, 

 which, on the alighting of the bird, catches it 

 by the feet. These discs of wood are put on 

 small poles and set in sterams infested by the 

 enemy. 



Herons are dangerous to all sizes of fish, 

 and should be kept under, especially at 

 spawning time, when their prey resort to the 

 shallows. A circle of traps, securely fastened 

 to the ground, should be set round a heap of 

 stones or mud, just rising above the surface of 

 the water in spots frequented by these birds. 

 They will settle on them when gorged, and 

 be caught by the feet by the traps. Care 

 should be taken in approaching a wounded 



