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Show BEATS THE OLD FIGURE-FOUR TRAP. Now that tho season of trapping gamo and tho fur-bearing animals Is at hand, I want to tell tho boya of a few short cuts that will help them out. First, It Is a modification of the Figure-Four sot of triggers. This Is one of tho oldest and among tho most used triggers of old-tlmo trappers. The figure four, as generally mado, caused tho pressure of tho stone or 1 C ' " Game-Trap. log that was held up by. tho lop-trigger, lop-trigger, to be so great that iomctlmes the trap would not bo thrown even though all tho bait would bo taken off. Tho triggers In this Improved trap, aro very sensitive lo the touch. I havo caught ns many as throe skunks with tho same bait a common mouse. I u.od pieces of straight-grained but tough sticks. ThcAo were cut in lengths of about eight Inches, and notched. , The drawing will explain the method of Retting the trap. W. G. |