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set as long as they like, and anything passing 

 over them is sure to be caught, as they work 

 so easy. 



"The three-inch trap is a good one to set 

 where foxes are preserved, and many keepers 

 use three-inch traps for rabbits as well as ver- 

 min. 



" The hawk trap is made without teeth, many 

 like them so ; they ai*e the same price with or 

 without. 



" I will now give you a few points of a good 

 trap by some of the best keepers I know. Many 

 good keepers use a three-and-a-half-inch with 

 rather a small plate or pudd]e, for a large plate 

 comes nearer the jaws of the trap, and a rabbit 

 may put its feet on the edge of the pans and 

 just touch the plate, let the trap off and not be 

 caught, and if it does, the hold is not enough, 

 and the rabbit thus escapes ; but when the plate 

 is not made too large they cannot let it off 

 without having the feet in- the centre of the 

 trap, and are properly, and not half, caught. 



" Another important point in a trap is that all 

 the joints should be loose, because when set in 

 the ground they get rusty, [this applies to all 



