WAR AND HUNTING. 



CHAPTER V. 



Reverted Spikes and their Modifications. — The Wire Mouse-trap. — George III. 

 and the Trap. — Fate of a Eoyal Finger. — The Crab and Lobster Pot. — The 

 Eel-pot. — Cocoon of the Emperor-moth and its Structure. — "Catchpoll" of 

 the Middle Ages. — Deer-trap of India. — Jaws of Pike and Serpent. — The 

 Grass-snake. — Jaws of Shark and their Power. — Spiked Defences. — The 

 Park Fence, the Garden Wall, and the Chevaux-de-frise. — The " Square" of 

 Infantry Manoeuvres. — The Abattis, and its Structure and Power. — Ran- 

 jows and Caltrops. — Ancient Ranjows in Ireland. — Hedgehog. — Porcupine 

 Echidna. — House-builder Caterpillar and its Home. — Repagula of Ascala- 

 phus. — Tearing Weapons. — The " Wag-nuk " of India. — Armed Gauntlet of 

 the Middle Ages. — Shark-tooth Gauntlet of Samoa, and the Uses to which it 

 was put. — A terrible Warrior. — The Tiger's Claw. — Sport and Earnest. 



Reverted Spikes. 



T AM not quite satisfied with this title, but it is the best that 

 -*- I can find. By it I mean that mode of mechanism which, 

 by means of an array of sharp spikes, permits an animal to 

 enter a passage easily, and yet prevents it from emerging. 



Whether or not this principle be now employed in warfare I 

 cannot say, but it is at all events used extensively in a small 



COCOON OF EMPEROR-MOTH. 



MOUSE -TRAP. 



way of hunting, the best known of which is the wire Mouse- 

 trap, one of which is shown at Fig, C on the illustration. A 



