"Oh! that is part of the knack in trapping; see that is just far enough from the pen to let the animal pass through."
"Oh! I see, and it will step in the trap in going through!"
"That is it, exactly."
"Won't the water take the brush away?"
"Yes, if it gets too high, but you will see that I have put some heavy stones on the limbs that are down in the water; you also see that I turn the water above the trap by throwing up a few stones; this is done to keep the water so that it just covers the traps. You see that bunch of leaves that are a little higher than the rest of the leaves--the pan of the trap is just under those leaves."
"Did that moss grow on the stone pen?"
"No, I put it there to make the pen look old; you see a fox can easily step on that bunch of dry leaves that are on the pan of the trap from the bank. A fox does not like new things. You see this trap is set for mink, coon or fox, whichever may happen along."
"What is the trap fastened to?"
"See that limb that has moss all grown over it. The trap is stapled to it."
"Can't a fox or coon drag it away?"