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lighter, more portable, and less conspicuous of the two. 

 Both of these instruments are shown in the accompany- 

 ing figures. 



The clap-net (fig. 1) usually has 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 cane being substituted 

 for the top joint. The manner in which the gauze is 

 extended between, and fitted on, these rods will be 

 sufficiently obvious on looking at the cut, which repre- 

 sents the net half open. In taking an insect, one 

 handle is held in each hand, the net opened wide, and 

 thrown over, or made to intercept the insect, when, by 

 suddenly closing the handles together, a closed bag is 

 made, and the little prisoner 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 



