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shown in the photograph, by first passing one end of it 

 outside the arch already formed and inside the horizontal 

 stick at its feet, which it touches, the end of the rod being 

 pushed down into the ground at about a third of the 

 distance between the feet of the first archway; the rod is 

 then bent over in the form of a half-circle, the loose end 

 being firmly fixed in the ground among the fence twigs. 



" A WOOLLY-HEADED AND MUCH WRINKLED OLD NATIVE . . . SETTING 

 A CUNNINGLY-MADE BIRD TRAP " (See page 360). 



The third and last rod is secured in a similar way on the 

 other side of the entrance, as shown in the picture. 



When this is done it will be found that the entrance rod 

 will be inclined towards the fence as much as is required, 

 and the three arches will be rigid. 



The next part of the contrivance consists of a fairly 

 stout but flexible sapling, about 7 feet long which is driven 



