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>9°5-^ -95 arrows, until de llnall^ succumded. It was always, dowsver, dangerous sport, and not inkrsMentl^ several ok tds dunters v^sre dilled. Lllc were usually run down, deinA kollowed kor da^8, and dually de8patcded witd dow and arrow. dMirrels and raddits were sdot witd dlunt arrows; and raddits were al8O talcsn in net8 stretcded kroin dusd to dusd, and updeld d^ 8tic^8. Into tdese nets, wdicd stretcded kor man/ dundred keet, tds raddits were driven, and clodded to deatli at tds nst8 d/ rnen stationed tdsrs kor tds purpose, tde raddits Aenerall/ AettinA tdeir deads cau^dt in tire mssdes ok tire net. Juail were snared. In tlieir 8easonal miArations tliev pass krorn tds lower to tlie didder ridges, and daclc dv well-delined little trails. ^.lonA eitder side ok one ok tdese runways, a tin/ kenee ok little twixs wa8 duilt, standing soine kikteen or twenty csntirnetres di§d, and extending kor perdaps two dundred rnetres. Lvsr/ live or seven metres an opening, Mst larAL enouAd kor a single di rd to pass, was lekt, now on one side, now on tds otder. In sacd ok tdese openings a 6ns dair noose was set, and a kew derries scattered on tde Around ju8t out8ids tde Aate. Ids Mail, kollowinA tlieir usual runway, pas8ed detween tdese fences, saw tde dait scattered kor tdcin outside tde openings, and, pas8inA out to tade it, were cauAdt dv tds dair noo8S8. In tdis manner scores ok Mail were okten collected in a single dav. Orouss were usually sdot. diAeons were okten snared or netted d/ stretcdinA nets across certain Zaps in ridAS8, tdrouZd wliicli tde dirds were dnown to 6/ dadituallv. Ids saAls was never 8dot, it 8eems; L8 to do 80 would de sure to drin§ dad lucd, mads tds dow warp, and tds arrows dread. Oesss and ducds were cau^dt in several wavs. In tde Lierra, amonA tds dlortdsastsrn Naidu, tde/ were okten sdot; dut a more common metdod wa8 to stretcd a cord acro88 a 8tream, and danA krom it, ever/ koot or two, a noose, deld open d/ a piece ok still Arass. Ildese nooses dunA just over tds surkacs ok tde water, and man/ dirds were cauAdt a8 tds/ 6ew. In tds Lacramento Valley anotder metdod was in use. Id res li^dt props ok elder krom two to tdree metres lonA were