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with the lever, consists of withes and not of rope. The 

 small aperture at the side of the Bas is for the purpose of 

 shooting the beast when imprisoned. A piece of meat serves 

 as bait. This is secured to a piece of iron or brass wire, 

 previously glodgad; a small ring at the outer end of this 

 wire is passed through a hole at the closed end of the 

 Bas, and suspended to a sort of hook fixed in a post 

 immediately in the rear of the trap as is also the 'line 

 attached to the after part of the lever; the hold of both 

 on the hook, however, is so slight, that when the lynx tugs 

 at the bait, the lever is at once set at liberty, and the 

 drop falls. 



He is also at times shot " for Glugg," in like manner as 

 the wolf. He can only be decoyed, however, when the 

 carrion is fresh, for when it is rotten or even tainted he 

 will not go near the Luder-plats. 



Occasionally the lynx is caught in pit-falls ; but this is 

 a circumstance of rare occurrence ; for even should he happen 

 to tumble into one, he, from his cat-like agility, generally 

 manages to escape from the prison. Several ingenious 

 methods have been adopted to prevent his egress from 

 the pit : such as facing its sides with smooth stones, 

 arming the edge of it with a sort of chevaux-de-frise, 

 consisting of portions of old scythes, &c. ; as also by placing, 

 for the reception of the bait, a narrow beam across the 

 mouth of the pit, instead of having, as is customary, a 

 perpendicular post in the centre. Up to this time, how- 

 ever, all these and other expedients have proved in great 

 degree ineffectual; and the pit-fall will probably continue 

 a less profitable method of capturing the lynx than almost 

 any device now in use. 



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