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[[underline]] 129 [[/underline]] depended on keeping that calf still till I could get the trap off.  I grabbed his nose with both hands & threw my whole weight against him & got him down, one knee on his neck, one hand hold of his nose & choked him till he gasped for just enough breath to keep alive without ^[wasting any in] bawling, then I worked at the trap with the other hand, but found one of the springs jammed down ^[& fast] over the crossbar.  I couldn't budge it so got a stone & hammered till it came loose.  Then found I couldn't open the trap with the calf down as his leg held it on the side & I had to get both feet on the two springs to open it.