IIO HUNTER'S AND TRAPPER'S GUIDE. 



trap and out again without throwing it. These 

 are shown by the letter " o " in the illustra- 

 tion. 



Second. The trap is intended to catch by 

 the foot only, but it can be thrown by either 

 the foot or the body and still not catch the 

 game. Many a day have I labored hard set- 

 ting two or three dozen Newhouse traps, 

 using my best skill and judgment, with the 

 knowledge that I would get a chance at ten or 

 fifteen animals that night. On going to my 

 traps the next morning I have found fifteen 

 of twenty thrown, some of them holding a 

 toe-nail, some a little fur pulled from the 

 animal's body, and the rest with not more 

 than two or three animals in all of them. 



There are two ways, for instance, in which an 

 animal can step on the treadle of the trap and 

 throw it without being caught. One is when 

 it steps with the foot partly on the lever and 

 partly on the treadle, pressing the latter down 

 and throwing the trap. The lever being 



