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KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



other, got too near the fire and 

 almost all the netting burned off. 

 Of course, it was not anyone's 

 fault, but that did not matter. We 



had to have a net. We each had 

 a landing net, but we found it 

 impossible to catch minnows with 

 them because of their size. After 

 looking over my outfit I found a 



ring and pole to a tree at a con- 

 venient height. Then I cut a num- 

 ber of pieoes of twine about three 

 feet long and fastened them to the 

 ring as in Fig. 1. Starting at A, 

 Fig. 2, I took one string from each 

 adjacent pair and tied a simple 

 double knot in them. After fin- 

 ishing the first row I made the 

 second, third, etc., as in Fig. 2. 

 After making about seven rows I 

 decided to taper the net down. 

 This was done by making the 

 mesh smaller (that is, tying the 

 cords closer together) ; also by 

 cutting off, say six strings, from 

 six pairs, at equal distances apart 

 in the same row, as at A, Fig. 3. 

 The knotting was done the same 

 as before until a single line was 

 reached. Then by taking one 

 string each side of the single one, 

 I tied the knot so that it came 

 even with the rest in the same 

 vertical row. Then I tied a sec- 



ball of twine and I decided to try 

 to make a net. I did this as 

 follows : 



After cutting off all the net that 

 remained on the ring, I fastened 



ond knot with the single line and 

 one of the other two and cut off 

 the single line short as at B, Fig. 

 4. Continuing in this manner, cut- 

 ting six pairs from every horizon- 

 tal row, I soon had the diameter 

 of the hole in the bottom about 

 eight inches. Then removing the 

 net part from my landing net, I 

 fastened it to the bottom of the 

 minnow net by means of small 

 hooks and my net was complete as 

 in Fig. 5. 



It took quite a time, but we 

 were certainly rewarded for our 



