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degrees the size of the circle is diminished by hauling in the 

 stop-seine until the whole of the fish are enclosed solely in 

 the large seine-net. This, with its contents, is hauled 

 nearer the shore until it touches the ground, when it is 

 moored in a suitable place, and the contained fish removed 

 as may be desired by the fishermen. 



The tuck-seine is a much shorter net, but very deep in 

 the middle or bunt ; this is shot inside the circle of the 

 large seine which contains the fish, and as it is hauled in 

 the foot of the bunt is raised so as to get the net underneath 

 the fish and raise them to the surface. They are now 

 removed by means of large baskets. 



The ground- or foot-seine is a very widely employed form 

 of net, and used for taking a variety of forms of fishes. The 

 middle or bunt of the net usually has smaller meshes than 

 the wings. A back and a foot rope are attached to a pole 

 at either end, and to each pole is fixed the drag-rope for 

 the purpose of hauling. One end of the drag-rope is left 

 on shore, the net is then shot in a semicircle, and then 

 returns to the beach with the other rope. Hauling is 

 carried on from both ropes, and by degrees the parties 

 approach, and meet before the bunt comes on shore, which 

 is then drawn up with the enclosed fish. 



The bag-net, also known as the kettle-net, is a species of 

 fishing weir that is employed along the south coast from 

 Folkestone to Beachy Head. By an arrangement of stakes, 

 nets, and a pound, it turns the fish into a particular direc- 

 tion from whence there is no escape. It is constructed in 

 two parts ; the external or circular pound, which is not 

 quite completed on the land side, from which it is distant 

 from two hundred to six hundred yards, consists of stakes 

 from ten to twelve feet high, enclosing as much as two 

 hundred yards, and with the outer edge of the circle just 



