Long thin cone-shaped basket, woven from thin dried twigs, bound together at base with dried grasses and held together at intervals with strips of dried plant material. Used as a mousetrap. Piece of styrofoam inside.
Professor John Stuart Blackie opposed the 1867 Reform Bill as he believed it to be 'purely democratic' and wished to see changes in the methods of representation of the people. A course of action (eg elections), should not be determined by the voteā¦