38 HUNTER'S AND TRAPPER'S GUIDE. 



the animal is caught he plunges in the water 

 toward the lower end of the pole, the ring 

 sliding down the pole to the bottom of the 

 stream, and the beards preventing the animal 

 from pulling the ring up the pole and going 

 ashore. A short chain does not permit the 

 game to even reach the surface. 



