SPORTSMEN, FAKMERS, 8CC. ' 81 



set a trap in the woods. You observe them, 

 frequently, before the leaves are on the 

 trees : lay a hen's egg on the bridge of the 

 trap. These are both very cunning birds, 

 therefore the trap must be well covered. 

 A magpie is a most destructive animal, for 

 he will kill young pheasants, partridges, and 

 all sorts of young poultry; and, I have 

 been informed, they will pick the eyes 

 out of lambs not long dropped, and kill 

 them. 



Polecats, weazles, and stoats, are thus to 

 be destroyed : set a trap where you observe 

 them run; let it be well covered with earth; 

 take a small bird, sparrow, linnet, &c. Sec. 



DIP THE TIPS OF THE BIRD'S WINGS IN TINC- 

 TURE OF MUSK; stick a pointed stick into 

 the bird's throat, and suspend him directly 

 over the bridge of the trap, about five or 

 six inches high. The tincture of musk will 

 lure all these vermin at a considerable 

 distance. 



There is an animal which, in Norfolk 

 and Suffolk, is called a lobster ; I know not 

 whj^ for he certainly is of the same species 

 as the weazle and stoat, but much larger : 



