. The game birds and wild fowl of Sweden and Norway; with an account of the seals and salt-water fishes of those countries .. . ut four feet long, placedlengthwise on the ground, where it is secured by wooden THE FALL-STOCK. G5 pegs. B B, tlie drop, consists of two somewhat stoutoi-and longer poles, connected at both ends by cross poles, it will be observed, are several inchesapart; so that, on falling to the ground, there will be justsufficient space between them for the fixed pole A is a post at the lower end of the drop, B B, to keepit in its place; and D, an upright pole a
. The game birds and wild fowl of Sweden and Norway; with an account of the seals and salt-water fishes of those countries .. . ut four feet long, placedlengthwise on the ground, where it is secured by wooden THE FALL-STOCK. G5 pegs. B B, tlie drop, consists of two somewhat stoutoi-and longer poles, connected at both ends by cross poles, it will be observed, are several inchesapart; so that, on falling to the ground, there will be justsufficient space between them for the fixed pole A is a post at the lower end of the drop, B B, to keepit in its place; and D, an upright pole at its higher end,to prevent tlie drop, when descending, from swervingto the right or left. C C are stones laid on the drop B B, to accelerate its fall; E, the f/lllrliiff apparatus—well known to gardeners and boys as the figure of4 trap;*—and F, the gillcr-junne, a stick extendingnearly the whole length of the Lam. When now the Capereali attempts to pass through theopening, he must of necessity touch the giller-pinne F;when the drop B B, being released, falls, and tlie birdis crushed between it and the fixed pole A ^vy^ THE FALL-STOCK. This trap—also shown wlieu glllracV—differs butlittle in construction from the Ldni. * See Scancliiiavian Adventures, where thi« method of setting atrap is depicted on a mucli larger scale than is the case in the presentdrawing. 6(i THE FLAKA. It consists of two poles, each about four feet in smaller, A A, is secured lengthwise to the ground;whilst the other, B B, the drop, is either in itself soheavy as to kill the bird in its descent, or is made soby being loaded with stones. C is a post at the outerend of B B, to keej) it in its proper position; and D Dtwo uprights at its foremost end, to ensure its fallingdirectly on to the pole A A.
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