361 Ground Vermin. 



A form of trap I have used with considerable success is 

 a double cage-trap. It consists of a cage of galvanised 

 iron wire, about 2ft. square and 5in. deep; in the centre 



Fig. 52. Clifford's Cage-Trap. 



a second compartment, about 



of this is a second compartment, about 9in. square, 

 entirely shut off from the rest, and it opens only to the 

 outside. To fit exactly into this is another complete cage, 

 with a small door, and provided with a small handle to 



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Figs. 53 and 54. Plan and Mode of Entry to Cage-Trap. 



lift it out ; at each corner of the large cage is a little 

 flap door of wire, working in a passage formed by fixing a 

 small wall of wirework adjacent. The annexed sketch 

 shows the affair more clearly. Fig. 53 represents the 



