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them feed, lay a few rabbit-traps, with a 

 few beans on the bridge of the trap, under 

 the water. This is a sure method of catch- 

 ing them. Where the water is about two 

 feet deep, put a stick in, about one foot 

 above the water ; cut a sht at the top of 

 the stick ; tie a strong piece of packthread 

 round a brick-bat, or to a large stone ; let 

 the string, after having tied it round the 

 stone, be about a foot longer ; to the other 

 end fasten a small eel-hook, baited with a 

 piece of bullock's lights, sheep's paunch, or 

 a horse-bean ; then, about three or four 

 inches from the brick-bat; fasten a stick, 

 nearly as big as your little finger, and about 

 four inches long, tying the stnng, with a 

 single knot, exactly to. the centre of the 

 stick ; then place that part of the string, 

 which is between the brick-bat and the 

 short stick, into the notch at the top of the 

 long stick, which is stuck into the bottom 

 of the pond. The short stick will prevent the 

 weight of the brick-bat from drawing the 

 string through the notch, and the hook will 

 hang a few inches from the water, and the 

 brick-bat hang fast by the notch in the top 



