HOOP OB BOW NET. 



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the stream be too deep for the plan I am recom- 

 mending, you must have your nets of a larger 

 size. Have the splints of your bow net painted 

 green, like the general colour of the weeds : 



SETTING THE BOW NET. 



strangers will then be more likely to pass by 

 without observing them. And should there be 

 loose weeds near, cover your nets with them ; but 

 do not break the weeds up too near your net, for 

 you may destroy the paths I have alluded to, and 

 the fish will not find their way to the net. 



