C22 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [I.'fi] 



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To each lioop nets nro attaclied. r.ot longer than tlie distance from one 

 hoop to the other, and shaped hke a fnnuel, their wide upper opening 



being" fastened to the lioo}) and 

 £tg..jt. the h^wer narrower one lioat- 



iug freely in the bag. The 

 tisli enter through the mouth 

 of the bag, ])ass from one net 

 to the other, and cannot get 

 out again. 



{e) The fhreefohl net. — Tliis consists of three nets placed one over the 

 other. Tlie two outer nets have very Avide meshes (about 15 to 30 cen- 

 timeters). The inside net is twice as 

 large as tlie outer oiu's, and the size of 

 its mesiies varies from 5 to 7 centimeters, 

 according to the kind of fish which are 

 to be caught. These nets nre used 

 where the banks are covered with a 

 dense growth of shrubs and aquatic 

 l)lants. They are weighte<l by })ieces of 

 lead attached to the bottom, ])la('f'd in ;'; 

 the water,- and the fish are driven to- 

 wards then), beconu^. entangled, and can easily be caught. 



(/) Fish-pots. — These are a kind of baskets made of wicker-work, 

 and varying in size, long, round, bairel-siiaped, .Sk;. The width of the 

 openings in the wicker-work depends on the size of the fish which are 

 to be caught. These openings, however, must never be so narrow as to 

 prevent the water from fiowing through. These fish-pots have one or 



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more funnel-sliajx'd entrances, a, which are const rnctcd of willow 

 branches from which the bark has been removed. The wide ojicning 

 of the fiiiUKd is toward the outside and the narrow one toward the in- 

 side of the fish-i)ot. V.'hen the fish enters through these funnels, the 

 wilh)w branches give way, 1)ut close again after the fish has passed 

 tlirough, so that it cannot escape. For large fish, and especially for 

 eels, these fish-pots must be made very strong, as they use great force 

 in their endeavors to get out. 



{g) The niglit-Vine or bottom line. — This is a long line, to which are fast- 

 ened several hundred hooks, attached to horse-hair lines GO centimeters 



