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WITH NATURE AND A CAMERA. 



Pheasant running down a cart-wheel rut for a con- 

 siderable distance before it could get out. Just 

 when the downy little creature came opposite the 

 hummock of stones, a break in the side of the rut 

 enabled it to escape and disappear in the copse. 



8TOAT IN TRAP 



On stopping to watch him it occurred to my brother 

 to examine the trap again, and upon doing so we 

 were surprised to find that it held a wicked-looking 

 Stoat firmly within its grip, and a photograph was 

 at once taken of the unfortunate captive. 



I have often trapped these little animals with 

 what is known in North Yorkshire as a " Samson 

 Post," and in other parts of the country as a 

 " Figure of Four," from the resemblance which the 



