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necessity of formalities about the ownership of well-made 

 gins, are in the habit of passing and repassing, it is of con- 

 siderable use. A figure-of-four offers no inducement for 

 removal. 



The " most likely places " for these traps exist along 

 hedgerows where a rabbit-run up to a burrow in the bank 

 passes under briars or furze. Here the engine of destruction 

 may be deposited with every chance of success, while all 

 similar spots in wood and covert may be equally well 

 adorned. Nearly all the spots mentioned as suitable for the 

 gin are ec^ually so for the figure-of-four, and will recommend 

 themselves as they occur. 



The next trap on the list is what is generally called the 

 "High Elms" trap, and one quite as efficacious for the 

 capture of vermin, yet entailing some little expense, being 

 of a more complicated nature. However, any shortcomings 

 on this score are amply compensated by the excellence 

 of the trap, besides the extent to which it can be employed, 

 and the wear and tear it will sustain warrants its adoption 

 as one of the best means of capturing vermin. Some 

 slight variations are made in its formation by different 

 persons, but the system upon which this dead fall works 

 remains in every case unaltered. The annexed drawings 

 represent the component parts of the trap, and, as it cannot 

 be purchased, we shall describe each in detail, in order that 

 its construction may be the more easily accomplished. 



Fig. 1 6 represents the floor or bottom of the trap, which 

 requires to be 22in. long, i4in. wide, and about lin. thick. 

 It must be made of two pieces of board as shown, in order 

 to admit of the trigger being fastened on to one edge 



