. The game birds and wild fowl of Sweden and Norway; with an account of the seals and salt-water fishes of those countries .. . r:- J. THE slag-NaT. Another device for the capture of the Hawk-tribe iscalled the Slag-Nat, and has these advantages, that it isbut little expensive, and requires no other spring-powerbeyond a hard-twisted rope. It is made of stout twine, andattached to two half-circular hoops connected together bythe rope A B, and is fastened crosswise to C, a long andnarrow slip of wood. Distended, it measures some tenfeet in length, by eight in breadth. When the net is gillrad, th
. The game birds and wild fowl of Sweden and Norway; with an account of the seals and salt-water fishes of those countries .. . r:- J. THE slag-NaT. Another device for the capture of the Hawk-tribe iscalled the Slag-Nat, and has these advantages, that it isbut little expensive, and requires no other spring-powerbeyond a hard-twisted rope. It is made of stout twine, andattached to two half-circular hoops connected together bythe rope A B, and is fastened crosswise to C, a long andnarrow slip of wood. Distended, it measures some tenfeet in length, by eight in breadth. When the net is gillrad, the lower bow is thrownback on the upper in the manner shown in fig. 2, inwhich position both the net and the giller-kors areretained by the hooked stick G; and to conceal the netfrom view, moss and grass are afterwards sprinkled overit. Usually the net is fastened to the ground by meansof wooden pegs, shown at the head of fig. 1 ; but shouldit be placed on the bare rock, as is frequently the case,it is hooked on to iron pins (see fig. 3), sunk in the 206 THE GYR-FALCON TRAP. rock for the puipose. The lien, or Duck, that serves as
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