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inches, and split, then rounded off to the required size, 

 fitted tightly to the ring, driven on to within one and a 

 half inch from the top, and be overlapped by this part, 

 which ought to be left unrounded as far as the ring 



comes." 



(3) Brailsford Trap. This is a trap to catch rabbits 

 alive, and is manufactured by Messrs. Arlingstall & Co., 

 Warrington. The following description is taken from 

 The Field, being an extract from a letter from Colonel 

 Butler, of Brekenham Park, Suffolk : " It consists of 

 a wire cage, very strongly made and open at both ends, 

 the door being kept up by a simple method of setting. 

 There is a treadle made, and as soon as that is touched 

 the doors close and the victim is imprisoned. ... In 

 setting them in runs, under shelving banks, or by the 

 side of wire-netting, I usually make wings at each end 

 of fir boughs, or something of that kind, to guide the 

 animal in ; but when set at drains or holes, it is only 

 necessary to make a wing at the end farthest from the 

 hole, the trap at the other end fitting close up to the 

 entrance of the drain." This trap, it may be added, is 

 extremely useful not only for catching rabbits, but all 

 forms of vermin. 



(4) Mr. Lloyd Price s Snare} " Select the narrow- 

 est part of a frequented run, one well covered with 

 herbage, if possible, to conceal the apparatus, either on 

 the flat, or, better still, on the side of a hill. Drive the 

 big peg firmly into the ground at the side of the run, let 



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