Excerpt from Traps of the Amerinds: A Study in Psychology and Invention In the matter of automatism there is no great gulf between the trapper and the hunter. At both ends and in the middle of the trap's activity the man may be present, but not to the victim. Not waiting for the victim to go to its doom of its own will, the hunter, having set his trap, proceeds to entice and compel the game; he has learned to imitate to perfection the noises of birds and beasts - it may be of those he is hunting, of others hunted by them or their enemies -he knows the smells that are agreeable and the dainty foods most liked; on the contrary he also knows how to allay suspicions in one direction, to arouse them in ah other, - a1ways with the trap in his mind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.