258 NATURAL SCIENCE [October 1898 
to the thickness of about one line, and 120 to 140 yards in total 
length. Hooks, about ten in number, are attached to the line by 
means of short snoods. Moreover, there are many small, round 
floats attached to the line. The snood is provided with a long float 
made of wood near the point of attachment of the snood to the line. 
When a fish is caught on a hook, the long float belonging to the hook 
stands out of the surface of water. The hooks are baited with earth- 
worms. At the distal end of the line a boat-shaped float with a 
sail is tied, by means of which the line is sent far from the boat. 
This apparatus is used only for sport. K. KISHINOUYE. 
IMPERIAL FISHERIES BUREAU, 
Tokio, JAPAN. 
