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CRAB, SHRIMP, AND LOBSTER LORE. 



Prawns wlien the young flood begins to make its 

 ajjproach, as all ocean life is then in full activity. The 

 Hoop net before referred to, and represented in the 

 annexed illustration, is used in a very different manner 

 from that just described. Instead of being worked 

 by hand, it is first baited with offal and then deposited 

 in the bottom of such pools as are likely to contain 



Prawns, A considerable number of these, nets are 

 often taken out for use by one fisherman, who uses a 

 long, fork-ended, pole, for laying down and taking them 

 up ; the cork bung, or float, which indicates their 

 whereabouts, serving as a sort of button for the fork 

 of the pole to lift them by, as at a. The hoop and net 

 are kept in a proper position by being suspended like 

 a scale pan by three or more cords. Iron or wood may 



