Ground Vermin Baits for Foxes. 369 



left firmly fixed, the hind legs should be turned over slightly 

 to show up some of the white under surface of its body. 

 Sometimes it may be necessary to place a further gin or 

 two at each extremity of a rabbit placed in the manner 

 described, or any fox would soon reach it, without " putting 

 its foot in it " at all. 



In a second case, when employing a dead rabbit for bait, 

 a burrow should be sought for beside the fox's run, in 

 which there is a hole quite easily seen into from the path 

 which it is expected the varmint may pass along. In this 

 hole fix up a dead rabbit as if it had just entered and 

 stopped without going more than a few inches within the 

 aperture. In order to do this properly, a small peg or two, 

 upon which to support the bait in a natural position, should 

 be stuck up inside, where they will be found of considerable 

 help. If possible, a rabbit just killed should be used, as 

 then it would become stiff in the position in which it was 

 first placed. When it is set up to one's satisfaction, and 

 resembles very well what it is intended to represent, a 

 couple of gins may be set one about six inches from the 

 tail of the rabbit, at right angles to the direction of the 

 hole ; the other at the top of and just above the entrance 

 of the hole, also at right angles to the direction of the 

 burrow, but with the spring pointing in the opposite 

 direction to that of the first set gin. If the burrow be a 

 good one, and the hole in which the rabbit be placed quite 

 easily perceived, this mode of employing the dead rabbit 

 as a bait is often rewarded with a catch. It is quite 

 evident that if the varmint once noticed the lure he would 

 be attracted by it, and, as a result, if the wile have been 



