The animal in coming on down the path (5) passes its body or neck thru the loop made of stout soft insulated wire (4); in passing it steps on the trip stick (1) which settles with the animal's weight, releasing the trigger (3) which in turn releases the stay wire (6) and jerks the loop (4) around the animal; the spring pole onto which the stay-wire it attached lifts your game up into the air, choking it to death and placing it out of reach of other animals that would otherwise destroy your fur. A small notch cut in the stay crotch where the end of the trip stick rests will insure the trigger to be released. This will hold the trip stick firm at the end, making it move only at the end where the animal steps. CHAPTER XVII. BAIT SET SNARE. This snare I consider good for such animals as will take bait. (See page 141.) No. 1 and 2, headless wire nails driven horizontally into tree about ten inches from ground. No. 3, a No. 10 or 12 wire nail with head used to catch under No. 1 and 2. No. 4, bait stick or trigger. No. 3 passes through No. 4. No. 5, bait, frog tied to bottom of No. 4. No. 6's snare, fastened to No. 3 by two half hitches, then fastened to No. 3 by two half hitches, then fastened to seven or spring pole. No. 7, spring pole. Nos. 8, 8, small stakes driven in ground to form a pen. Nos. 9, 9, two small twigs split at top to hold snare loop in place. Nos. 1 and 2 should be about 4 inches apart. No. 3 goes through a gimlet hole in No. 4. About three inches from the top use any small round stick from 1/2 to 1 inch in thickness, not necessary to flatten No. 4 as in illustration. Use it natural bark on. From hole in No. 4 to bottom end should be about 7 inches. [Illustration: RAT RUNWAY SNARE. UNDERGROUND RAT RUNWAY. RUNWAY AND CUBBY SET. LOG SET SNARE. COW PATH SNARE.] Snare loop about 6 inches in front of bait, held in place by 9, 9, slightly leaning against 8,8. It can be plainly seen that if an animal takes No. 5 in its jaws and tries to remove it, it moves out the bottom of No. 4, moving forward No. 3 until, flip! up she goes. The top of No. 4 must be tight against the tree when set. [Illustration: LIFTING POLE SNARE.] No. 3 should just catch under No. 1 and 2, then it takes but 1/2 inch to pull on bait to spring it. Bait with frogs, fish, tainted meat for skunk, and pieces of rabbit, muskrat or bird, for mink. The lynx, like the wolverine, is not afraid of a snowshoe track, and will follow a line of rabbit snare for long distances, and when he sees a bunny hanging up, he, without the least compunction, appropriates it to himself, by right of discovery. When he does this once he will come again and the Indian hunter, knowing this, at once sets a snare for "Mister Cat." Sometimes when the thief has left a portion of the rabbit, a branch house is built up against the trunk of some tree, the remains of the rabbit placed at the back and the snare set at the doorway. [Illustration: BAIT SET SNARE.]