BAGS AND NETS. 



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As the bamboos are placed in position they are bound with string or fibre in the 

 order given above. Enough bamboo should project at 

 the ends to allow of tlieir being bound together. This 

 makes a frame to the front of which the bag above is 

 attached by the tags. 



In these figui'es three inches extra length is allowed 

 to permit of the bamboo being bound ; tlie resultant 

 frame is then of the size to accommodate the bag. The 

 two feet long bamboos used for keeping the bag opened 

 are inserted only when the bag is used alone ; when the 

 bag is attached to the frame these bamboos are removed 

 and the tags of cloth knotted to the frame, so that the 

 bag can be at once removed and twisted up. In place of 

 bamboo, strips of wood may be used. 



The Hand Net. 



Cut a Y piece (of guava, jamun or litchi wood), the 



stem six inches long and about three quarters of an 



inch in diameter, the arms four inches in length and half 



an inch in diameter : two hollow bamboos six inches long, 



the bore a little larger than the arms of the Y so that 



they fit tightly : a green bamboo slip, five feet two inches 



long, half an inch in diameter. These fit together as in 



the diagram and make the net frame. 



For the net take two pieces of muslin, each two feet seven inches square ; turn 



over one inch to make a hem, cut each piece along the thick black line of the 



diagram and sew the cut pieces together along this line, not along the double hem. Sew 



on to the hem a piece of cloth one inch wide to pass the bamboo through. The long 



Fig. C. 

 Rough net frame in pieces. 



Fig. D, 



Muslin piece for hag. 

 (Cut two pieces to sbape shown and join along curved edges.) 



bamboo is then passed through the cloth bag, and inserted at each end into the tubular 

 bamboos which are fixed to the Y, 



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