ABOUT TRAPS. \ \ \ 



forced up by the jaws, lifts the animal's foot 

 above the jaws and clear of them, or so nearly 

 so that they only catch it by the toes which 

 it readily pulls off and is free once more. 



Again, when the animal steps with its heel 

 on the treadle and its toes projecting over 

 the jaws of the trap, and thus causes the trap 

 to fall, the jaws throw the foot out and the 

 game escapes. 



So, also, a short-legged animal like the 

 beaver and otter, after missing the treadle 

 with its forefeet, will drag its body over the 

 trap and thus throw it, pinching a little fur 

 from its body, and getting a scare th it it will 

 not get over for a week, perhaps, but other- 

 wise escaping unhurt. 



Third. In catching by the foot only, the 

 Newhouse trap gives the animal, even after 

 it is caught, every opportunity to break away 

 or mutilate its fur in its struggles to escape. 



And fourth. The treadles of the New- 

 house traps are so small that the chances of 



