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Show SLY REYNARD. X rot Trap Whleh le Telualleg bat le Alnafe FJDipttWri. One ot the systems Quite frequently resorted to to trap a fox Is to place fc large atone In the center ot a pool ot water, Just out of rearh of a fox, say, tho Waterbury American On this stone Is placed bait, meat or anything a fox likes. In the water near the stone the steel-Jawed trap la placed and a piece of green mns tour or Ave Inches square Is placed on the pan ol the trap. The trap la under water ami the green mosa hides It. The fox doesu'l raro to go Into the water. He cornea along smells the halt and be gins to trot around the pool ot water The stone ftlth the halt on It Is Just nicely out of rearh and he goes round nnd round the pool, trying to reach the halt on the stone. Hut he inn't reach It. It he Is very hungry or If he Is very young by and by he will stop golut round and round, and elm up the pate of tnnotent-tooklng green moss, cas' within reaih ot his paw, which nnali) prove too much, and he reaches one pnw over and puts It on the patch ot mo and stretrhe his neck over to the stone to grab the It-alt The weight whkh he hears on the trap springs It and ho la fast by the front leg The trap Is not fattened, and tho fox retreats, re-treats, carrying the trap on his leg with him The pain soon tires him and hi lies down and onietJme when there ll n loose chain attnrhed to the trap the chain catches In the burhe or stumps nnd the tux, realising that he Is caught, gives up nnd Ilea down and III tlmo Is, of count, gnthered In Not all foxes, however nre caught or deceived by the green patch of mm, for oftentimes a fox. In the winter, when tho snow Is on the ground, will go round and round tho pool of water until he has worn a path around the pool, without once attempting at-tempting to touch his foot on the most. Old don fuie usually realise that the hit of moss Is a trouble-breeder nnd let It severely alone, nlthough tho bait may be so tempting that they can't tear themselves nway from the scene Why they don't wade Into the pool and skip the moss Is not known, but they don't- Perhaps they suspect the clear water may also prove a trouble-breeder. |