4 SEPTEMBER 1880, Page 13

" GIN" TRAPS.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."]

Stn,—I have an idea that the trap sold by Mr. Spong, King William Street, Strand, is, if not a perfect trap, vastly superior to the cruel " Gin." I believe that in the majority [1: think I might say, in the vast majority] of cases, Mr. Spong's trap kills instantaneously. Will any of your readers who have tried the trap give their opinion P—I am, Sir, &c.,