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hold it down, the catch is set free, the stick 

 springs back and tightens the snare round 

 the animal's leg. Besides the musk-deer, 

 numbers of the forest pheasants, moonals, 

 corklass, and argus, are caught in these 

 snares ; they are visited every third or 

 fourth day, and it is seldom that the owners 

 return without something or other. The 

 polecats often find out the snares, and after 

 once tasting the feast, if not destroyed soon, 

 become a terrible annoyance, tracing the 

 fence almost daily from end to end, and 

 seizing on everything caught ; they are 

 often caught themselves, but immediately 

 bite the snare in two and escape. Musk- 

 deer are frequently lost to the snarers in 

 this manner, for when one is eaten by the 

 polecats the pod is torn to pieces, and the 

 contents scattered on the ground. No 

 animal swallows the musk, and when a 

 deer has been killed and eaten by a leopard 

 or other animal, if the ground be carefully 

 examined, much of the musk may be picked 

 up. Insects and maggots also leave it 



