Show trapping the andean condor an one who has ever watched a heavy bird rise from the ground has doubtless noticed that it runs along the ground tor a few feet before II 11 rises the bird must acquire some momentum before its wings can lift it heavy into the air the natives in certain parts of the andes under stand this tact very well and by means oi it catch the great andean vultures the A small space s shut in with a high fence and left open at the top then a lamb or a piece oi carrion is placed on the ground inside presently a vulture sees the bait and swoops down upon it but when once he finds he has alighted on the ground inside he can not get out for he has no running space in which to acquire the momen turn that Is necessary before his wings can litt him |