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VI. TRAPS. 



32. PEN-TRAPS. 



a. Pocket-traps: 



Pitfalls : 



Pits, covered. 



Barrel-traps. 



Jar mole-traps. 



" Rabbit-tipe," used in England. 

 Salmon-baskets, (Columbia River.) 

 Salmon- weirs, (Upper Columbia River.) 

 River- weirs, with pockets : 



Eel-traps. 

 Fish-slides : 



Shad-slides, used in the rivers of North Carolina. 



b. Labyrinth-traps: 



Corrals. 

 Turkey-traps. 

 Weirs, or pounds : 



Heart-pound. 



Salmon-weir. 



Virginia Indian weir, (figured by DeBry.) 



Salmon hook-gill-net of the Saint Laurence. 

 Funnel-traps : 



Fish-pots. 



Lobster-pots. 



Eel- weirs, (with leaders.) 



Eel-pots, (without leaders.) 



Barrel-pots, for eels. 



West India wicker fish-pots. 



Set-nets. 



Fykes, (set-nets with leaders.) 



Bass-traps. 



c. Door-traps: 



t Closed by the falling of a door. 

 Box-traps. 



Rabbit-traps, (figure 4.) 

 Brick traps, (figure 4.) 



