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THE JERF-FALLA. 



Nothing can be more simple than this trap. The loop o, 

 at the end of the withe- band attached to the bait I (Fig. 4), 

 is first placed on the Hake d (Figs. 3 and 6) ; and outside of 

 this again is the loop n at the extremity of the Giller-string, 

 m (Fig. 5). When therefore the glutton tugs at the bait, it 

 follows that both loops slip off the Hake, and the drop 

 falling, destroys the beast. 



FIG. 1. 



FIG. 2. 



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THE JERF-FALLA. 



The Jerf-Fallft, or glutton-drop, as depicted above, is 

 another device frequently and successfully had recourse to in 



