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getlier witli a bit of stout cord or bark. When the trap 

 is set, the dead-pole lies on the end of the trigger G. The 

 long strip of wood marked i^ Avith one end tied to the 

 dead-pole with a bit of bark, at JI, we will call the tongue. 

 This reaches through between the guides E E^ and the 



Fi^^ 1. — TP.AP FOK MINKS, COOXS, ETC. 



trigger posts 11^ being long enough to catch the end of 

 the trigger in a notch made in the end of the tongue. The 

 pressure of the dead-pole upon the trigger lifts the tongue 

 from the bed-piece and enables you to set the trap high 

 or low, as you jolease, according to the size of the animal 

 you are after, whether a squirrel or a coon. 



The tongue may be made of a round piece of wood, 

 about the size of a hoop pole, split in two and placed flat 



