New Trap for catching Moles. 



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lower side, opposite each trigger-hole, is a small piece cut 

 out, as in the common trap. The springs are made of iron 



wire, of about one eighth of an inch in diameter (d and e)\ 

 and are exactly of the same form as those of 

 the common mouse-trap, having a cross wire 

 fixed \\ in. from the top of each spring ( /"and 

 g) ; from which the catches, which are likewise 

 made of wire (A), are suspended. These catches 

 are retained by the plug or trigger (?) till it is 

 displaced by the mole. Fig. 49. is the trigger, 

 of the full size. 

 I saw, in your Magazine (p. 36.), the description of a new 



