40 THE HUNTER AND TEAPPER. 



chickens, partridges, fresli fish, liver or entrails. Stake the 

 bait in the hollow roots of trees, under logs, or under the 

 edges of rocks ; then set your trap in such a manner that 

 they will have to go over it to get the bait ; fasten it with 

 chain and stake, and cover it up with moss or leaves. 

 Or set your trap in some convenient place, where you can 

 suspend the bait eighteen inches above it in such a man- 

 ner that they cannot possibly climb up to it, for they will 

 certainly do this when they can. 



The Marten may be caught in a wooden trap in the fol- 

 lowing manner. In the side of a tree, with its bottom 

 about eighteen inches from the ground, cut a square hole 

 six inches wide, eight inches high, and five or six inches 

 deep. Cut a pole about twelve feet long, and square off 

 one end so that it will play up and down easily in the 

 hole, and so that when it is raised against the top, there 

 will be five inches space below it ; that is, have the squared 

 end only three inches thick, and a little narrower than the 

 width of the hole. Let the other end rest on a forked 

 stick, so as to hold it in a horizontal position. Raise the 

 squared end against the top of the hole and set it with a 

 standard and spindle near the back of the hole. Bait the 

 spindle v/ith any of the meats named above. The Marten, 

 in trying to get the bait, pulls out the standard, and lets 

 down the pole, which catches him by the head. 



It may be well to state where the Marten is to be found. 

 It is chiefly above the latitude of 45°, in northern N'ew 

 York, on the so-called John Brown track, and in all north- 



