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by a tight plug of hard wood, leaving the other end of 

 the tube open for the insertion of a removable handle; 

 or a very convenient form of net can be constructed on 

 the following plan shown in Fig. T and thus described 



Fig. 7.— Folding net frame, explained in the text. 



by Mr. Eiley : " Take two pieces of stout wire, each about 

 twenty inches long; bend them half circularly and join 

 at one end bv a foldinsr hinore havinor a check on one 

 side ifi). The other ends are bent and beaten into two 

 square sockets (/), which fit to a nut sunk and soldered 

 into one end of a brass tube {d). When so fitted they 

 are secured by a large-headed screw {e), threaded to fit 

 into the nut-socket, and with a gi'oove wide enough to 

 receive the back of a common pocket-knife blade. The 

 wire hoop is easily detached and folded, as at c, for con- 

 venient carriage; and the handle may be made of any 

 desired length by cutting a stick and fitting it into the 



