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CRAB, SHRIMP, AND LOBSTER LORE. 



represented is mainly intended for tlie taking of small 

 crustaceans, and such other odds and ends of animal 

 and vegetable life, as may be found on smooth ground 

 and the open sand flats. There are a number of pat- 

 terns for dredges, more .or less complicated, to be ob- 

 tained from their respective inventors. The reader may 

 perchance wish to design one for himself. Let him, 

 however, bear in mind that simplicity of construc- 

 tion, and thoroughly good iron, are two important ele- 

 ments of successful manufacture, durability, and general 

 usefulness. 



The seaside visitor not j)Ossessed of one of these 



contrivances will find such a net as that figured in the 

 above cut extremely useful and amusing. It can be 

 made at a very trifling cost, and is easily repaired 



