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of trap so that the covering will not prevent it from 

 working properly. Strew some bail on bed about tlie 

 trap and scatter some also around at some distance 

 from tlie trap. Avoid walking around or on the bed 

 and do not spit on or about the bed. If you leave any 

 tracks in the snow take a sieve and till them up with 

 fine snow. In going to and from the trap always step 

 in the same tracks. It is also a good plan, experienced 

 trappers claim, to take a feather and sprinkle over the 

 bed, after trap is set, a little oil of amber, lavender 

 water or musk. The Fox is also often caught with a 

 steel trap carefully hidden, as previously described 

 and the bait a bird — Sparrow, Pheasant or Chicken — 

 suspended above the trap as shown in illustration 

 "How to Fool a Fox." 



Tlie entrails of a sheep or Deer can be dragged over 

 the ground for some distance in a field where Foxes 

 come to hunt their food, and then bury them in loose 

 earth and make a small mound over them; cover this 

 with chaff or wood ashes and set a steel trap on either 

 side of the elevation. After placing the tra])s, scent 

 with lavender water or music. A bird, fowl or Kabbit 

 can also be used in place of entrails. 



Another method, and one shown in the accom])any- 

 ing illustration, is often successfully emi)loyed by ox 

 perienced trappers. The chain must not show any- 

 where, and it is better to cover chain in water, with 

 mud, stones or gravel. The trap should not be over 

 eighteen inches from the shore, and not more than 

 an inch and a-half under water. A sod just the size 

 of the inside of the trap with open jaws must be cut 

 to rest on the ]>an. In order to prevent the weight 

 of the sod from springing tho trap it is necessary to 



