92 TO TAKE WOODCOCKS BY DBAW-NETS, ETC. 



bow; also take a switch of hazel, or some other wood, 

 that being folded will grow straight of itself; this rod, 

 a finger thick, and about three feet long, fix in the 

 small hedge ; tie to the end V a packthread, half a foot 

 long, to the end of which fasten a horsehair snare or 

 springe, with a small stick cut at both ends, and made 

 like a wedge to cleave wood with. The reject must be 

 folded and pass the letter P underneath the bow, and 

 the same must also be done by the end of the small stick ; 

 fasten it under the edge S of the bow, and raising the 

 bird-trap or snare, fix the other end of the stick in the 

 notch R, by which means the machine will be kept 

 tight, then extend the snare P into a round, or over the 

 trap ; but it must be so pliant, that as soon as the wood- 

 cock passes through* and sets his foot upon the trap, the 

 reject will immediately unbend, and catch him by the 

 leg. 



Others fasten a small circle to the trap, that the wood- 

 cock may have more room for his feet, and so make the 

 reject of use to catch him ; for it may happen, that, as 

 he crosses the gap, he does not pass over it. 

 - This second device, with the circle, is represented by 

 the letter K. 



