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nets," two or more, are dragged in shallow water 

 from a horse and cart. The net may be hauled 

 while the cart is in the water, or it may simply be 

 dragged on shore and emptied there. In other 

 methods of shrimping, a large hand-net may be 

 pushed by a man who wades in the water, or 

 " hose-nets " may be employed : these are long 

 cylindrical nets, kept open by rings and furnished 

 with trap-like pockets. They are set on the sand 

 at low water, so that the tidal stream flows through 

 them, and they are fished at next interval of low 

 water. 



Wherever shrimps are found, young fishes are 

 also present on the same grounds, often in immense 

 numbers, and no method of catching shrimps, except, 

 perhaps, the one last mentioned, and the French 

 method of traps (one which is not practised in this 

 country), can avoid capturing fish. The young 

 food-fishes associated with shrimps are usually dabs, 

 plaice, flounders, soles, whiting, haddock, sprats, 

 herrings, etc., and the quantities and proportions 

 of these vary with the locality and the season of 

 the year. Along with these fishes and shrimps, 

 the net, when "fished," usually contains a mis- 

 cellaneous mass of crabs, star-fishes, inedible fishes 

 of various kinds, jelly-fish, sand, mud, and weeds. 

 Everything except the shrimps and the few larger 

 fishes often caught are described as " muck " by 

 the fishermen. The net is hauled for a variable 

 time (one-half to two hours), and at the end of the 



