﻿No. 
  122.] 
  

  

  93 
  

  

  BIRD 
  TRAP. 
  

   No. 
  89 
  1-2. 
  

  

  Trapping 
  game 
  of 
  all 
  kinds, 
  from 
  the 
  bear 
  and 
  deer 
  to 
  the 
  

   quail 
  and 
  snipe, 
  was 
  a 
  common 
  practice. 
  Tor 
  deer, 
  a 
  young 
  tree 
  

   was 
  bent 
  over 
  and 
  held 
  in 
  this 
  position 
  by 
  the 
  mechanism 
  of 
  the 
  

   trap. 
  When 
  sprung 
  a 
  noose 
  was 
  fastened 
  around 
  the 
  hind 
  leg 
  of 
  

   the 
  deer, 
  and 
  he 
  was 
  drawn 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  air 
  by 
  the 
  unsprung 
  tree. 
  

   Bear 
  traps 
  were 
  constructed 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  way 
  as 
  to 
  let 
  down 
  a 
  heavy 
  

   timber 
  upon 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  animal, 
  when 
  sprung, 
  and 
  thus 
  pin 
  

   him 
  to 
  the 
  earth. 
  Nets 
  of 
  bark 
  twine 
  were 
  also 
  spread 
  for 
  

   pigeons 
  and 
  quails. 
  An 
  attempt 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  procure 
  models 
  of 
  

   these 
  traps, 
  but 
  the 
  project 
  failed 
  for 
  the 
  present 
  year. 
  A 
  sim- 
  

   ple 
  bird 
  trap, 
  however, 
  for 
  small 
  birds, 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  col- 
  

   lection. 
  It 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  rounding 
  strip 
  of 
  elm 
  bark 
  about 
  eight 
  

   inches 
  long 
  by 
  four 
  wide, 
  with 
  an 
  eye 
  cut 
  in 
  one 
  end 
  and 
  a 
  piece 
  

   of 
  bark 
  twine 
  with 
  a 
  noose 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  it, 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  other. 
  

   After 
  the 
  bark 
  is 
  secured 
  upon 
  the 
  ground, 
  a 
  few 
  kernels 
  of 
  corn 
  

   are 
  dropped 
  through 
  the 
  eye 
  upon 
  the 
  ground, 
  and 
  the 
  noose 
  ad- 
  

   justed 
  around 
  it. 
  When 
  a 
  bird 
  attempts 
  to 
  pick 
  up 
  the 
  corn 
  the 
  

   ruffled 
  plumage 
  of 
  the 
  neck 
  takes 
  up 
  the 
  string, 
  and 
  brings 
  the 
  

   noose 
  around 
  the 
  neck, 
  which 
  is 
  tightened 
  the 
  moment 
  the 
  bird 
  

   attempts 
  to 
  fly, 
  and 
  either 
  strangles 
  or 
  holds 
  it 
  in 
  captivity. 
  The 
  

   trap 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  successful. 
  

  

  Ga-wa, 
  or 
  moccasin 
  awl. 
  

  

  No. 
  59. 
  

  

  In 
  ancient 
  times 
  the 
  moccasin 
  awl 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  bone 
  about 
  five 
  

   inches 
  in 
  length 
  taken 
  near 
  the 
  ankle 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  deer. 
  But 
  in 
  

  

  