TACKLE AND FISHING GEAR. 



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FIG. 2. 



fisher's left arm for which purpose, however, it is necessary 

 that it should be limited in size, the limit being about a 

 foot in width between 

 the projecting arms. 

 But this allows am- 

 ple space for netting 

 a fish up to, say, a 

 couple of pounds in 

 weight. 



The handle, with 

 the net attached to 

 it in the form in 

 which it hangs at the 

 fisher's left side, and 

 also the cord that 

 suspends it over his 

 right shoulder, are 

 shown in the engra- 

 ving (fig. 2), where 

 also the dimensions 

 of the different parts 

 of the ' combination 

 net,' as I have called 

 it, are given. In this 

 figure A represents 



the net ; n, the connecting line at the top ; 

 c, the net socket, screwing into a ferrule 

 at the top of the net handle ; D is a loose 

 movable metal band held by the pro- 

 jecting rim, F, on the net handle, into and 

 out of which it slips easily ; and G is the 

 exterior or lower half of the net handle, 

 connected telescope- wise with the upper 

 joint. 



When the net is intended to be used 

 the fisherman grasps it at E, and pulls it at once out of its 



I. G 



