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li;iv(' ii<» det'i) l)()lcs;iii<l only a a small iiiid sIkiHow tishpif, a pm si-not is 

 i.srtl — ;iii iiistrimuMiL wiiich is indispciisabk' in pond lisjiciics, and can- 

 not 1)0 done without, even when a seine is enii)loyod, as (he lish are hv 

 it taken Irom the seine. Once l)('j;tni, (he tisherirs nius( ltel)ronj;h( (o 

 an end as rapidly as possible. 



The size of the pond, tlie nuniher oti(s holes, and linally the (i;;anti(v 

 of (ish will determine the number of men to be em])Ioyed. In no ease 

 will it be a disadvantage to employ a large number. Some enter the 

 ])ond with purse-net.s, others place baskets and buckets by (heir side, 

 whii'li, when filled, are immediately carried to a tub and emi)tied into 

 ir. Those men who take the lish from the water empty their i)nrse-nets 

 in the tubs or baskets which are close by them. With a view to expe- 

 dite matters, an empty basket or bucket is immediately put in the place 

 of the full one. In a large iwnd, even a great number of men, if fully 

 supplied with the necessary apparatus, will not interfere witli each 

 other. Some experiiMtced and tiustwoithy men should exercise a care- 

 fid snpervision over all ])arts of the i>ond, to i)revejit the stealingof tisli 

 :ind their being retained in hole.'^^, grass, reeds, or mud. Some men have 

 a peculiar skill in treading fish into the mud during fishing, with the 

 view of taking them out when the fisheries have come to a(;lose; others 

 manage to slip them under theii' baggy trousers, which jii-e (iiinly tied 

 at the aidvles. 



To remove the lish from (he pond in baskets will be necessary ouly 

 when holes in the pond are to be cleared of hsh,or when the fish-pit is 

 ;nor; in the right i)lace, and <'onse(iuently the distance from the pond to 

 jthe tubs is too great to allow of tlieir being emptied direct from the 

 jl^urse-nets into the tubs. II" the fish-pit is large enough to haul a seine, 

 thisshoidd by all means b(> emi)loye<l in preference to the purse-net, as 

 .'iiereby the fish are kept in the water all the time till they are trans- 

 Iferred to the water in the tubs. If the i)urse-net is emi)loyed exclu- 

 sively, the fisheries should commence in those i)laees where the lish, 

 owing to a scarcity of water, lie in the mud, and gradually following 

 the greatest depth of water in the <litches, [)roceed towards the fish-pit 

 where thetish have gathered. If lish are taken from the pond with the 

 hand, which becomes necessary when they lie in the mud, they shouhl 

 be taken round the middle of the body, or by the head and tail at the 

 same time, and not be held in the hand long but carried to the tubs by 

 the shortest road. Great care should l)e taken not to catch the lish by 

 their tender gills or to Innc the lingers on their eyes. The laborers em- 

 ployed HI fishing shoukl be strictly enjoined to handle the fish as care- 

 , fully as possible, and especially ju^t to throw them into the tubs from a 

 rdistance, as the fish will occasionally fall on the edge of the tub and be 

 ihurt or killed. The general mlv wdj always be to take the lish from 

 vthe pond with the pmse-net. This wijll, however, be impossible as re- 

 ■jgards small fish, and more particularly fry, wlijch muft be carefully 

 tsiikeji .up with the hands. In em})tving thti pm'^}^^-i:i M» .tht-\sortiing- 



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