When this is done, commence to set the snare near the foot of a tree, at about a fathom’s distance, and say:—

“As a cocoa-nut shell rocks to and fro

When filled with clay,

Avaunt ye, Jĕmbalang and Badi,

That I may set this snare.”

Next you say:—

“Ho, Sir ‘Pointed-Hoof,’

Sir ‘Sharp-Muzzle,’

Do you step upon this snare that I have spread