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THE LAND-NOT. 



Nets of various kinds were in general use in my vicinity. 

 We had, for instance, the Land-not, or drag-net ; often also 

 called the Vada, from vada, to wade, for the reason that, 

 being seldom used, excepting in comparative shallows, the 

 fishermen, to work it properly, are obliged to stand, or 

 wade in the water. 



FIG. 1. 



FIG. 2. 



THE NOT-RACK AND THE BAGE. 



The Swedish drag-net, in form and construction, is nearly 

 a counterpart to ours ; but it differs from it in this particular, 

 that the extremity of either arm or wing is provided with a 

 so-called Rack (Fig. 1) ; as also that, instead of corks, 

 the Flarn-telna, as the cork-line is called, is provided with 

 Flarn (Fig. 1, A A A) that is, oval pieces of wood pre- 

 viously charred, to render them more buoyant, about five 

 inches in length, four in breadth, and half an inch in 

 thickness ; and the Sten-telna, or lead-line, is provided 

 with round and smooth stones (B B), or it may be with 

 the horns of goats, or small cattle, instead of leads. 



