MURDOCH.] 



NET FOR SEALS. 



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Such nets are set under the ice in winter, or in shoal water along the 

 shore by means of stakes in summer. In the ordinary method of setting 

 the net under the ice two small holes are cut through the ice the length 

 of the net apart, and between them in the same, straight line is cut a third 



Via. 252. Seal nut. 



large enough to permit a seal to be drawn np through it. A line with a 

 plummet on the end is let down through one of the small holes, and is 

 hooked through the middle, hole, with a long slender pole of willow, often 

 made of several pieces spliced together, with a small wooden hook on the 



