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much as it was impossible to net them 

 in the ordinary way, and they were to 

 be caught, if caught at all, in the air 

 and not in the water. The pond was 

 preserved and the fish were seldom dis- 

 turbed; but I was much pressed to 

 attend and witness the process of net- 

 ting them. 



I found a canoe provided for me, and 

 took my seat in it. But first of all about 

 twelve men advanced into the water in 

 line at intervals of ten feet or so, each 

 holding upright before him, above the 

 surface, a stout pole. From pole to pole 

 along the line stretched a net of six or 

 seven feet broad, so that as the fishermen 

 proceeded to wade slowly right through 

 the pond up to their chins in water, an 

 upright net held above water moved with 



