STEEL-TRAPS. 



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they could not be used any more on that occasion. Several 

 of them were badly hurt especially the one that charged 

 so boldly. Although he escaped with life, he could never 

 afterwards be used for hunting." 



The lynx is not unfrequently captured by means of the 

 common steel-trap, which device, owing to this animal not 

 being gifted with the same degree of cunning, commonly 

 succeeds better with him than with the fox. The trap is 

 baited with the remains of a cat or a hare that he himself 

 may have left undevoured, and is placed where they were 

 found, the beast being very apt to revisit the spot on a 

 future occasion. 



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THE LO-BAS. 



But, perhaps, the device in most general use for the 

 capture of the lynx is the Lo-bas, literally the lynx-crib. 



