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 
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 
' ' Q 
Fig. 44.—<3, net; b, ferrule to receive han¬ 
dle ; c, wire hoop to be fastened in the upper 
end of the ferrule (Riley). 
expensive nets 
which are more 
carefully con¬ 
structed. A good, 
cheap ring for a 
net may be made 
by using thebrass 
ferrule of a fish¬ 
ing-rod. The 
ferrule should be 
Fig. 45.— 
ring of metal 
tied with wire 
at a ; b, ferrule; 
c, plug put in 
before pouring 
in solder(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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