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the fish can enter but cannot get out, being unable to turn round. The 

 Ostreghera da palude, i.e., for marshes, is used at Grado ; it has no inner net, 

 and the mesh only measures 5 c. ; price, 8-10 fl. 



The Ostreghera a piombo, or Mussolera, is the same description of net, 

 well weighted, so as to scrape the ground when drawn in the wake of a 

 rowing boat ; it is used for scraping together oysters (Ostreghe) and mussels 

 (Mussoli). Length of bag, 2 m. ; breadth of opening, 2 m. ; price, 10 florins. 



The Rete da Capparozzoli is fixed to a triangular frame, the foot of which 

 is furnished with prongs, forming a rake 3 J feet long ; the angle opposite the 

 rake is fixed to a handle by which the net is worked ; used for catching 

 Venus decussata, V. gal Una, V. verrucosa [Capparozzoli), by raking it through 

 the sand. Length of net, 4 feet ; price, 6 florins. 



The Guatta is a bag-net fixed on a semicircular frame, the upper side of 

 which is straight, and is fixed to a handle several feet long ; it is worked by 

 a man wading in shallow water, who shoves the net in front of him, so that 

 the semicircular foot of the frame passes through the mud ; used for catching 

 gobies (Guatti). Length of bag, 6 feet ; width of opening, 4J feet ; price, 

 4 florins. 



The Saceolcva, literally " bag-lift " (called Bragotto, or Bragottin di mar in 

 the lagoons of Venice), is a square, very small-meshed net fixed on a frame, 

 for catching young fry (pesce novelld) in spring for the fish-ponds (ralli). 

 Ordega is the name more commonly applied to this net on these shores ; it is 

 called Zel at Rovigno. It is fixed to a circular wire frame 2 m. in diameter, 

 the bag having a mesh of 1^ c. The frame is tied by a number of short 

 strings to a single rope, by means of which the net is submerged and drawn 

 up. The fish are attracted to it by bait. 



The Tela is similar in form, for similar purposes ; made of cotton cloth. 



The Ordegno, or Ingegno di pesca del Co7'allo, is an apparatus for fishing 

 Coral. This is of the most antiquated kind. Two wooden beams, 3 to 4 feet 

 long, are fixed transversely in the shape of a cross, and weighted with a stone 

 at the point of intersection. Two branch spars (coscioni), 2-3 m. long, are 

 fastened at right-angles to the cross-beams, and loose hempen nets (radazze), 

 1 \ m. long, hang suspended from the ends of the spars. Besides these, 



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