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Fig. is.— Clearing the gill nets. One man is arranging the net in the box as it is delivered by 

 the lifter (the drum in the center); the other is removing the fish (herring) from the 

 netting. At the right are the cleared fish in "lake boxes." .Vbove these are the "net 

 boxes," in which the netting is handled 



Fifi. 19.— Setting gill nets from the sterii of a moving tug. The nets have just been lifted, so 

 that the snarls have to be gotten out as the nets are let into the lake 



