NETS. 



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The clap-net (fig. 1) usually lias the sticks that com- 

 pose the framework made 

 each in three separate pieces, 

 joined by ferrules a couple 

 of light fishing-rods will do 

 excellently, a piece of bent I 

 cane being substituted for 

 the top joint. The manner 

 in which the gauze is ex- 

 tended between, and fitted 

 on, these rods will be suffi- 

 ciently obvious on looking 

 at the cut, which represents 

 the net half open. In tak- 

 ing an insect, one handle is 

 held in each hand, the net 

 opened wide, and thrown 

 over, or made to intercept 

 the insect, when, by sud- 

 denly closing the handles 

 together, a closed bag is 

 made, and the little pri- 

 soner is secured. 



The ring-net (fig. 2), 

 which is the implement 

 most generally in vogue, may be constructed in several 

 ways. The cheapest, and at the same time a highly 

 serviceable one, is made by getting from a tinman a tin 

 " socket" of this form, the larger end 

 fitting on to the end of a straight stick, 

 and the two smaller tubes receiving the ( 

 ends of a hoop of cane, which carries the 

 net, it being passed through a loose hem 

 round the top of the latter. The cane, 

 taken out of the socket, can be rolled 

 up closely with the net and carried in 

 the pocket to the scene of action, while 

 the handle may be a strong common 

 walking-stick, a most useful auxiliary 



