With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer . er to some great loose rocks underwhich the feline depredator was ])rol)al)ly liidingat the time. The trout was suspended in themiddle of the passage, and a traj) carefully coveredwith moss laid on the do(»i- of it at either end,and the next morning that keejxr avenged theheadless Grous(>. No cat can resist a trout as bait,and no gamekecpci- who knows his l)usiiiess ever CAT THAI. 153 talks about victims of tins kind, or owns to havingseen a cat of any colour, size, or sluipc o
With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer . er to some great loose rocks underwhich the feline depredator was ])rol)al)ly liidingat the time. The trout was suspended in themiddle of the passage, and a traj) carefully coveredwith moss laid on the do(»i- of it at either end,and the next morning that keejxr avenged theheadless Grous(>. No cat can resist a trout as bait,and no gamekecpci- who knows his l)usiiiess ever CAT THAI. 153 talks about victims of tins kind, or owns to havingseen a cat of any colour, size, or sluipc on liis the South of England, where tlie conditionsare different, mischievous cats are caught by a trappopularly known amongst some keepers as BillAdams, fromits terribly de-structive char-a c t er. It isbaited with aherring andoften placed ona plank thrownacross a stream,as shown in ourillustration. Justas pussN stepssoftly beneath akind of trium-phal arch, itsweight releasesa bit of cunningmachinery, and acouple of doorsswiftly close,one before andone behind,and all chance of escape is instantly cut. CAT TRAP. )fl:. I recollect once seeing an old Yorkshire game-keeper catch a Fox in a very ingenious and, Ishould think, ancient form of trap, which he calleda kist, probably a corruption of chest. He hadtraced the animal into a hole amongst some rocks,just after a fall of snow, and l)arred it in by care-fully walling up every means of egress. This done,he levelled aiul rougldy flagged a path seven or WJIIl .;/; J.\7> J CAM HI!.\. eitilit feet 111 leii^tli, and leadiiiii straiglit awavfrom tlie liole at which tlio Fox liad entered. Upontliis ])atli lie l)uilt a sul>stantial passa^e, nine or tenindues wide l)v twelve^ or tliirteen in height, wliiehnarrowed soniewliat abrujitlv at its outer end intoa mere slit tlirouph wliicli it was impossible forthe ])risoiicr to escape. About one-third of thedistance from the end of the passage, built ov(tthe hole b\ whi
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