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hauling with a line. The small net should be of a fine 
mesh, and for convenience of carriage, may be fitted on a 
jointed ring of brass, so as to fold together. ‘The large 
net need not be very fine in the mesh, but it should be 
very strong, both in the texture and the fittings, and 
should be lined inside with muslin so as to prevent the 
escape of the smallest game. Every variety of pond and 
drag-nets may be obtained of the dealers in fishing-tackle, 
at prices varying from one to five or six shillings, and 
of a quality that may be depended on for serviceableness. 
Some water-cord, a jointed rod or walking stick, and a 
few earthen jars, or live bait cans, make up the stock 
of implements, the whole of which, with the exception 
of rods, may be packed into a basket in which suitable 
divisions are made, and transported easily. Living in 
the neighbourhood of many prolific brooks and ponds, 
I have very little experience in the carriage of specimens, 
and, indeed, seldom use more than a single jar, and a 
single net at one time; but I should suggest to those 
who have to travel a distance for the pleasure of beetle 
fishing, to provide themselves with a basket or box, made 
after the fashion of the baskets in which bottles are 
sent out by vintners, the divisions being fitted with stone 
jars; and one division left the whole length of the basket, 
for nets, scissors, a pair of forceps, and a few small phials. 
Each vessel should have a lid of perforated zinc, to 
