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Show STEEL TRAP FOR TIGERS. Wew Mel hi. (I fiiraued by auniatmn to t aplnra Ills ( ta. Capturing tlgera by a novel method la now being adopted In Sumatra and la provlt.g almost Invariably successful. success-ful. As anon as a tiger s lair boa been found natives are employed to con-alruct con-alruct a wooden fence nine feet long and four foot wide a short distance away from It and In this inclosure I then placed aa a hnlt a dog, which la tied to one of the fence post. A narrow nar-row entrance leads Into the enclosure, and thcro deftly concealed under earth, leavea and boughs of trees, la placed a atrong ateel trap, which la ao designed that any animal that places Its foot on It la certain to be held captive. Thla trap la of recent Invention and conslsU of atrong ateel plates and equally strong aprlnga. When It la aet th plate form a aort of platform and aa soon aa tbe tiger which baa been lured thither by tho dog aeta hla foot thereon tba aprlnga are released and tbe cruel ateel grlpa the leg and holds It fast. Powerful aa the tiger la. he cannot free hlmaelt from such bondage, and as those who have set the trap ar never far away h la In a abort Urn either killed or aecurely caged. At the same time the dog la released and, Indeed, be could not be removed from the Inclosure In-closure aa long aa th trap waa aet, alnce thla Instrument, atrong aa It la, nevertheless la ao delicate that the pressure even of a dng'a foot would release the aprlnga and cause the anl-tnai'a anl-tnai'a leg to be crushed In a twinkling. |
