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THE BRANDAR. 



several kinds of wild beasts. " First in order after the 

 herd," M. von Wright informs us, " comes the daring wolf, 

 who now and then picks up a fawn, or even an old deer, 

 that straggles from the herd. Then the voracious glutton ; 

 and after him the fox, who, by his cunning, manages to 

 share in the plunder that his worthy predecessors have seized 

 by force. Lastly, comes the Arctic fox, with the hopes of 

 picking up some of the crumbs that may have fallen from 

 his masters' table. Several traps are usually set on the same 

 pathway, at a distance of one to two miles apart, in order 

 that though the wolf may avoid the one toil he may fall 

 into some of the rest." 



THE BRANDAR 



Another very common method of capturing the wolf, is by 

 means of the Brandar, or Stock-fallor literally [falling- 

 beam which is placed across a forest-path, known to be 



