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■when broken. In using it the Shrimp fisherman wades 

 steadily onward, and pushes his net steadily before him 

 until it is supposed that the contents are sufficiently 

 abundant, Avhen they are taken out and fresh research 

 commenced. The rugged rock-strewn shores of many 

 parts of the coast of England, Ireland, and the Channel 

 Islands, require fishing in an entirely difi'erent manner, 

 both by pole and hoop-nets. The pole-net as shown in 

 the following cut, is a most efficient instrument for the 

 capture of the different kinds of Prawns and other 

 small crustaceans found in the rock-pools, bays, and 

 inlets of the coast line. The frame supporting the bag 

 of the net should be of sound tough iron, and of flat 

 form, but slightly turned up at the point, as at a. A 

 slight groove, like the fullering of a horse-shoe, must 

 extend entirely round both the under and upper sur- 

 faces, in order to form a secure rest for a stout piece of 

 copper bell-wire, with which the bag of the net is 

 secured to the frame. Small holes are now to be drilled 

 at short intervals all round the' frame in the bottom of 

 the groove, so that the wire may be passed up and 

 down through them, and so fasten on the net, the 

 bottom of which must be so fashioned and constricted 

 in making, as to terminate in the purse B. The pole c 

 is best made of well-seasoned ash, and should be at 

 least twelve feet long, and bent as at d. This is easily 

 done by heat, as ox-bows and many other objects are 



