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of geese may be mixed. In making this apparatus, two feathers (fig. 6) are 
fastened together by the quills, which are split for that purpose. They are 
then passed along the rope by means of loops. The bunches are always 
ten inches apart, and the row when finished is placed upon the reel, where 
they are spread and stretched. Another mode of making the bunches is 
shown at jig. 9, a@ and 6, in which the feathers are soaked, so as to enable 
the manufacturer to tie them into knots in threes, two on one side and one on 
the other. They are then looped up on the rope, and firmly stretched by 
means of gags. They are likewise placed at distances of ten inches from 
each other and reeled up. 
Besides the foregoing our plate exhibits other implements which complete 
the hunting apparatus. /7%g.10 represents a pole of beech-wood, with a 
branch at top, a, and a similar pole furnished with iron hooks at the upper 
end, b. fg. 11 is a pole of fir or pine, very light, having at top a hole or 
notch, through which the cord passes. A pole for a high toi! must be ten 
feet long. /%igs.12 and 13 represent two net sticks, the upper extremity of 
the one at jig. 12 having a straight branch to it, while the one at jig. 18 is 
merely notched. The former are more conveniently arranged, as the cord 
might easily escape from the notches of the latter. The accompanying 
propping poles.( fig. 14) are three feet long, and furnished at the two ends 
with iron hooks or rings. /%g. 15 is a straight fork for elevated apparatus. 
It is six feet high, and provided at top with a fork, one of the prongs being 
somewhat shorter and slightly bent, the other a little longer and bent out- 
wardly. /%g. 16 is another rod, indispensable where riding is necessary. 
These rods are stouter than the poles referred to above, are eleven feet three 
inches in length, and furnished at top with a hole, through which passes a 
handle or very strong ropes reaching on both sides down to the hooks or 
pins, to which they can be fastened. At top is an iron ring with a hook to 
it to receive the upper ropes of the cloth and one of the winding ropes. 
For raising and lowering the toils a brass bar is added above, through which 
passes a cord three fathoms in length, and furnished at one end with a piece 
of wood. /%gs. 17 and 18 represent hooks, on which roe and hare nets are 
stretched and fastened ; they are four feet long and pointed below. A com- 
plete hunting apparatus, moreover, must include a paling and punching 
iron (fig. 19) for making holes for the poles, a, and another instrument, 6, 
used in setting up the nets and patches, which consist of a rounded piece 
of wood tipped with iron. Pins (jig. 20) of oak, beech, or any hard wood, 
should always be at hand, as also small hooks -with which to fasten the 
toils to the ground; also a mallet (pl. 33, jig. 21) for driving down 
hooks and pins. /%g. 52 is the needle used in making the net. 72g. 58 
represents the pack starting for the hunt, and jig. 54 the chase of the wild 
boar. 
C. Shooting, Trapping, ce. 
Under this heading we include the methods of hunting in which neither 
toils, nets, patches, nor feathers are employed. Hence we shall consider 
1. Saoorme. The best way for a hunter to approach his game is to move 
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