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mesh. The openings are guarded b}^ pockets or valves which 

 admit the unhicky animal which is impelled to explore the 

 apparatus, but refuses it exit. The basket may be baited in the 

 manner of a lobster pot : it may even have an electric lamp within 

 it to act as a lure to the denizens of the deep. The basket is 



Fig. 11. Sea bottom fishing basket (from the Campagnes Scientijiques) ; P = pocket. 



