toward the deep water, and use the drowning rig. You can make 
good sets on logs and cover your trap with moss. You should always 
make sets on the logs they use as a bridge to cross on. You can use 
a fence staple or a large nail to make your wire fast to the log and a 
weight for the lower end as illustrated. When making log sets you 
should always chop a notch in the log and place your bait on each 
side of the log on the log opposite your trap. 
The No. 2 is the best size to hold the coon. 
CHAPTER XIII. 
HOW TO LOCATE AND TRAP 
MUSKRAT 
You will find muskrat around ponds, lakes and small streams. 
You will notice their sign by seeing where they cut green grass and 
where they scratch roots near the water's edge. You will see where 
they burrow holes just under the water along the banks of streams, 
ponds and lakes and you will notice where they build houses with 
small sticks and grass. 
You should set traps along the water's edge, about three or four 
inches under the water, and place your bait about a foot from the 
trap on the bank. You will do well to scratch a little like the rat, 
to make believe other rats have been going out. You should drown 
the rat as he is bad to get off his foot. You can set on floating logs 
and trees that have fallen in the water. Conceal your trap with rotten 
leaves if you are trapping in tide water or streams that are contin¬ 
ually rising and falling. You should make floats as described and 
set your trap on the float on the end that is under the water and 
anchor it as shown, and place your bait on the upper or dry end of 
the float. This is a splendid way to catch the muskrat. The only 
way to catch them when everything is frozen is to set in their holes 
and chop holes in their houses and make sets there. 
The No. V /2 trap will do the work. 
CHAPTER XIV. 
HOW TO LOCATE AND TRAP THE 
OPOSSUM 
You will find the- opossum in most all of our states where wild 
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