SOAS.J HUNTING OF SMALL GAME. fj 1 1 



heing left. Blocks of simw ami slalis .,1' i,-,. ar.' pilr,] up ,-umma the 

 building so as |m p.'iinil fas\ acci'ss u. I lie ii».l'. Sdhh' blood is 

 sprinkled round llie hole to attract the foxaiKl a laryvi-l)ait is placed 

 upon tlie floor of the house. The fox jumps down and, as the only 

 exit is in the center of the roof, cannot escajae. Another trap has a 

 slab of ice erected in such a manner as to fall and kill the fox Avhen 

 he touches the bait. 



A third trap, similar to the one above mentioned, has been de- 

 scribed by Lyon, p. ;530: 



It is like a small lime kiln in form, having a liole near the top. within which the 

 li;iit is phici'il. :\]ul the foxes (for these animals alone are thus taken) are obUged to 

 ailvaii'M' ti> il n\i T a |>it'ce of whalebone, which, bending beneath their weight, lets 

 tlicin into iirisnn. ami then resumes its former position : thus a great number of thein 

 are sometimes caught in a night. In the summer they ai-e but rarely taken, and it 

 is then by means of a trap of stones, formed like the ice trap, with a falling door. 



Hares are either killed with small shot or with arrows or caught 

 in Avhalebone snares, as are ermines and lemmings. 



"Waterfowl of all descriptions are caught in abundance in whale- 

 bone nooses (Fig. 4:52) fastened to a long whalebone line or to a thong. 



Fig. aw. WhaJebone nooses for c.atehinK waterfowl, iln the possessiou of Captain Spicer, of (, 



The line is set along the edge of a lake, particularly near nesting 

 places. In shallow lakes these lines are placed across the water to 

 catch the diving and swimming birds, which are draAvn to' the shore 

 with, the line. On the low egg islands, which are inhabited by in- 

 numerable ducks, snares are set on the nests, and great numbers 

 are caught in a short time. Swans and geese are pi'ocured in the 

 same way. Other birds, and jiarticularly partridges, are kilkxl with 

 arrows and with small shot. 



