The Capture, Preparation, and Preservation of Specimens 



yet flexible material, should be tied securely. Upon this there 

 should be sewed a bag of fine netting, preferably tarletan. The 



f 



FIG. 43. Plan for folding net-ring: c, halves of 

 ring detached; b, upper joint of the halves; a, ring 

 set; d, cap of ferrule;/, cap of ferrule, showing screw 

 in place; e, screw (Riley). 



bag should be quite long, not less than eighteen inches deep; 

 the ring should be not less than a foot in diameter. 

 Such a net can be made at a cost of but a few 

 cents, and will be, in most cases, as efficient as 



any of the more 



expensive 



which are 



carefully 



nets 

 more 



con- 

 structed. A good, 

 cheap ring for a 



net may be made 



FIG. 44. a, net; b, ferrule to receive han- 

 dle ; c, wire hoop to be fastened in the upper 

 end of the ferrule (Riley). 



6 



FIG. 45. -a, 

 ring of metal 



by using thebrass tied with wire 



,. , ,. ,- , at a ' b. ferrule; 



ferrule of a fish- Cj p ' klg ' put ; ,; 

 ing-rod. The before P l ! rin g 



ferrule should be 



insolder(Riley). 



at least three quarters of an inch in diameter. Into this insert the 

 ends of a metal ring made by bending brass, aluminium, or iron 



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