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LIVING OFF THE COUNTRY 405although their food is such that even a lost mancan find it if he chooses to bait his snares. Theydo not hibernate, but are out all the year round. Sothe rabbit is a lost man's main chance in the meathneȦ good snare for setting in a runway is shownin Fig. 190. It catches "coming or going." Asmall, springy sapling (A), growing a few feet to190.—Runway snareone side of the rabbit path, is trimmed, and willhe bent over for setting. If none grows in theright place, cut one and drive it firmly into a holemade with a sharpened stick, or lash it to a treeor stub. The best place for a snare is in the bendof a runway with plenty of bushes on both sides.Drive a stout stake at Cj and notch it for thetrigger D. Plant opposite it, at F, a dead branchthat forks over top of snare so the animal will rununder, but not in such a way as to entangle theloop when sprung. Now take a length of soft brassor copper wire, or a strong cord (No. i-o braidedlinen fish-line is good), twist or tie it to the endof spring-pole and around the little wooden trigger,and form the long part into a noose. Bend thepole and set the trigger, as shown, extending loopover the runway, a couple of inches off the ground.The noose may be about six inches in diameter. If