DESCRIPTION OF. 499 



frequented by that animal. But this kind of trap is not 

 now so generally adopted as a hundred years ago, when it 

 was very common. 



The above drawing represents the Brandar, when gill- 

 rade. d d, g g, and h h, are three pair of stout upright 

 posts ; L, a stock lying lengthwise on the ground, between 

 dd and g g, but which, by the aid of moss and mould 

 cast up on either side, is completely concealed from view, 

 c c is a heavy log the drop, in short. 1 1 are blocks 

 of wood or stones laid on c c, to increase its weight ; 

 e e a stick, resting crosswise on pins, in the upper 

 part of the posts d d ; f, a hank formed of spruce-pine or 

 juniper boughs, in which the drop c rests ; K, a small 

 wooden pin, inserted in the upper part of the hank /, 

 and resting against the stick e e ; M, a pin inserted at about 

 a foot from the ground, in one of the posts d, its outer end 

 resting in a notch N in the inner side of the opposite post d ; 

 o is a brass wire, previously glodgad that is, exposed to 

 the flames, as well to discolour it, as to render it more 

 ductile one end of which is fastened to the pin M, near 

 to the notch N, and the other to one of the posts g; a 

 second wire, attached to the lower end of the small pin K, is 

 securely fixed to the middle of the pin M. 



When, therefore, the wolf breasts the wire o and no 

 beast of any size can pass under the drop c without so 

 doing the pin M is pulled out of the notch N ; as a 

 consequence, the pin K is released, and turning upwards, 

 liberates the hank / and the weighted drop-log, which 

 descends instantaneously, and crushes the animal. 



With this, as with several other similar devices for the 



K K 2 



