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atively easy to get another chain around
his other paw and two ropes around his
hind legs, and then he was stretched out,
spread-eagle fashion, on the floor of the
trap.

The next move was to fasten a heavy
chain around his neck in such a way that it
could not choke him, and to accomplish
this it was necessary to muzzle the Mon-
arch. A stick about eighteen inches long
and two inches thick was held under his
nose, and he promptly seized it in his jaws.
Before he dropped it a stout cord was made
fast to one end of the stick, passed over his
“nose, around the other end of the stick,
under his jaw, and then wound around his
muzzle and the stick in such a way as to
bind his jaws together, a turn back of his
head holding the gag firmly in place.

The Monarch was now bound, gagged
and utterly helpless, but he never ceased
roaring with rage at his captors and strug-
gling to get just one blow at them with
his paw. It was an easy matter for a man