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acting like the barb of a book prevent its being sbaken off, and tbe beavy log which is attached so impedes the creature's movements, that it is powerless to escape from the hunters.

The smaller antelopes are captured by means of nets. These nets are made of thick cord, and are about four feet high ; they are supported on stout stakes, and placed in the open runs in the forest. A whole village often joins in the sport, each family contributing one or two nets ; watchers are concealed near to turn the animals towards them and to kill them when entangled in the meshes, while the rest of the party, accompanied by their dogs, drive the game into the trap.

Lions and leopards are caught in traps made of heavy logs of wood ; the animal in entering to get at the bait displaces the logs, which falling on him crush him to death.

On the shores of the Nyanza, the wild geese are often snared by a thin cord which is fastened to the bent bough of a tree, or a wand planted in the ground, on the gravelly or shingly beach where the geese come to search for worms and insects ; a noose is formed at the free end of the cord and lightly secured to a peg or stone. The bird while searching for its food puts its head through the noose, and setting the cord free, the bough springs back and draws it tight, the struggles of the captive only serving to tighten it.