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13. Nef-barroicfi. — This imi)loiuent cous^ists of a bag-shaped net which 

 can hoUl about 100 pounds of fisli, mid wliich is liehl in position by two 

 long and two short poles. The long- 

 poles enable two persons to carry it. My 

 experience has taught nie to condemn 

 the use of this in)i)lement, as the fish 

 are kept in an unnatural position and 

 ])ress too heavily against each other. 

 The lower ones will suffer most, as they 

 are pressed against the net, frequently lose scales, and are seriously in- 

 jured. 



14, Fitih-doths. — These are huge pieces of coarse linen cloth, about 1 

 meter long and broad, intended to convey the fish from the tubs to 4he 

 kegs. They are exceedingly practical for this purpose, and may be 

 substituted for baskets and tubs. There is no fear that the fish will be 

 injured in them, and they are quite inexpensive. 



15. The iap-hasl;et. — As soon as 

 the tap has been drawn, this 

 basket is placed in the opening. 

 It is made of coarse wicker-work, 

 the openings varying in size with 

 tlu^ size of the fish, and has the 

 shii]>e of two obtuse i)yramids, 

 joined at the base. 



16. The great fish ficalcn. — For weighing cari* intended for the market 

 the scales used on the Wittingau pond farm appear to me to be the 

 most practical, and I shall, therefore, give a short descrix)tiou of them. 

 There is a frame-work, constructed of stout pieces of wood, which ends 

 in a sort of gallows, between whose arms there is a shelf for the weights, 

 &c. From the cross-beam is suspended a pair of scales, on one side a. 

 scale for receiving the weights, and on the other a shallow -svoodeu 

 tub held together with iron rims for receiving the fish. The length ot 

 this tub is 70 centimeters, and its breadth and depth 40. The sides 

 have four rows of snuUl holes, measuring about 2 centimeters, so that 

 the water can flow off. Such a tub holds a little above 100 i)oun(ls. 

 As this is the quantity weighed each time, the weighing i^roceeds very 

 rapidly, and 10,000 pounds of carp can easdy be weighed in one hour. 



17. The small scales. — This consists of a long iron arm or pole, at the 

 one end of which a basket hangs in a hook, while from the longer pai t 

 of the arm the weight is suspended, which is moved backwards and 

 forwards until the equilibrium is restored. The Aveight can then be read 

 oft' from the marks on the long pole. In order to avoid the deducting 

 of the weight of the basket each time fish are weighed, it may be well, 

 when the scales are gauged, to take into account the weight of the 

 basket in a moist condition. These sc;des ar(^ used for taking test 

 weights in the spawning pond and raising pond fisheries, or if a few 



