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D is the alligator or wolf trap. It has forty- 

 eight inches spread of jaws, and is twenty- 

 nine inches long when thrown. The treadle 

 is twenty-four inches long and one and one- 

 half inches wide. Alligators and large wolves 

 stand with their feet one foot apart, so that 

 there are forty-eight inches in which to capture 

 them. The trap is adapted to catch besides 

 the wolf and alligator other animals not over 

 twenty-four inches high. 



E is the bear or deer trap. It has six 

 feet spread of jaws, and is three and one- 

 third feet long when thrown. The treadle 

 is thirty-six inches long and two inches 

 wide. The bear and deer stand with the 

 feet from ten to fifteen inches apart, so 

 that there are from forty-six to fifty-one 

 inches in which to catch them. This trap 

 can be used safely for all animals not over 

 three feet high, and corresponds to Nos. 5 

 and 6 of the Newhouse traps. 



These traps brace themselves at both bot- 



