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Show An KimlUh Mautrnp. A mantrap has been found In Alford, . Lincolnshire, England, which shows tho barbarity of n century or so ngo. It Is probably tho largest mantrap in ex istence, it is 8cveuty-six incues in length, and its Jaws, with teeth protruding pro-truding two Inches, will open fully two feet two Inches by eighteen Indies. Old time landlords who chose to Insist upon their rights In their entlroty, as j they often did, wero nt liberty to plant j these barbarous engines about in the undergrowth of their inclosed land for the benefit of any trespasser or possible poacher who might chance to set foot near them. Their use was abolished by law In 1827. |