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two grooves one on each side of the stick, the length 

 of the two ends of the wire, then placing the ends 

 of the wire in these grooves and securing them 

 there with a piece of bicycle tape or twine as 

 already described. After this, a piece of muslin 

 or an old piece of sheeting may be used to cover 

 the wire and sewed there (Fig. 26). 



THE NET BAG OR POKE 



You may make a net of cheesecloth, mosquito 

 netting or bolting silk such as is used in flour mills, 

 or tarlatan, although this is usually too stiff and 

 does not work as well as the foregoing, or a thin, 

 light quality of swiss. What you need is a light, 

 finely nieshed but transparent cloth, one that allows 

 the air to pass through it when the net is in motion, 

 and allows you to see your captive inside of it after 

 a successful sweep. The bottom of the bag or poke 

 should be rounded as shown by the pattern in 

 Fig. 27. It is well to sew a band of muslin at the 

 top of your light material which you can stitch to 

 your hoop and thus make your net stronger and 

 less liable to tear. The net should be considerably 

 longer than it is wide, about the proportion shown 

 in Fig. 27. When you have captured a butterfly 



