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fish in rice fields. (40) Instrument used in shallow water. (41) Fish Trap. (42) Kiver 

 Fishing Stake. The net of this model should be smaller in comparison with the stake. It is 

 hauled up by a man seated in the shed, when the fish have entered. (43) Trap for shallow 

 water. (44 50) Fish Traps. No. 46 is placed in still water overnight, baited with white ants. 

 (51) Fish Trap used in rice fields, placed in trenches cut to allow of overflow of water from 

 rice fields. (52) Floating Fish Trap used in rivers. (5356) Fish Traps. (57) Fish 

 Trap used in rice fields. (58) Fish Trap. (59) Model of a fishing stake used in 

 rivers ; it is 33 feet long, and 16 feet wide at the mouth ; the height varies with the 

 depth of water. The upper edge is about one foot above the surface of the river, the two 

 wings extend to the bank on ^either side, so preventing fish from passing the trap. (60) Fish 

 Trap. (61) Basket for emptying water from ditches. (62) Fish Trap. (63) Fishing Stake, 

 inshore. (64) Fishing Stake. (65) Fish Trap. (66) Freshwater Fish Trap. (67) Fish 

 Trap, set overnight in still water. (68) Freshwater Fish Trap. (69) Fish Trap for 

 shallow water. (70) Shrimp Trap, used in rice fields. (71 74) Fish Traps. No. 71 is baited 

 with leaves as shown in the model. (75) Basket for shell fish. Used in conjunction with a 

 small boat, the user wading and towing the boat behind him, the shell fish are transferred to 

 the boat as they are collected. (76) Fish Trap. (77) Scooping Basket for shell fish. 

 (78) Sieve for catching shrimps. (79, 80) Baskets for carrying fish. 8184 Baskets 

 for holding fish. (85) Floating Basket for carrying fish. (86) Basket for holding fish. 

 (87, 88) Hooks and Lines. (89) Shrimp Hook. (90) Hook and Line. (91, 92) Hooks 

 and Lines. (93, 94) Hooks for large fish. (9597) Hooks and Lines. (98) Self-acting 

 Rod and Line. Model of a self-acting rod. made of an elastic bamboo, which is fastened in 

 the ground and bent until the catch on the line meets a corresponding one on a short stick 

 planted at the edge of, or a little distance from, the bank. The bait trails in the water, and 

 the fish on taking it, releases the line from the catch, the bamboo springing back and jerking 

 the fish on to the bank. (99104) Hooks and Lines. (105) Fish Hooks. (106) Hook 

 and Line. (107, 108) Hooks and Lines for sharks. (109, 110) Hooks. (112115) 

 Hooks and Lines. (116) Fishing Line. (117, 118) Hooks and Lines. (119123) Hooks 

 and Lines. (124) Fishing Rod and Line for catching prawns. (125) Rod and Line for 

 catching lobsters. (126132) Fishing Rods and Lines. (133) Hook and Line. (133a, 

 1336, 133c) Crocodile Hooks and Lines. (134140) Fishing Rods and Lines. (141 

 159) Fish Spears. No. 142 is used for large fish, the bar-b on striking being detached 

 from the handle, and the fish played with the line attached until exhausted. (160) 

 Basket in form of a spoon for taking fish out of traps. (161) Fisherman's Betel Box. 

 (162) Fisherman's Basket to hold tobacco. (163) Fishing Spoon. (164) Net. (165 

 167) Casting Nets. (168) Net. (169) Casting Net. (170178) Nets. No. 172, 

 Net about 950 feet long and 48 feet wide, is used from a boat and hauled up once 

 every half- hour. (179) Casting Net. (180) Net. (181) Casting Net. (182) Floating 

 Net. (183) Net. (184) Seine Net. (185) Casting Net. (186) Net. (187) River 

 Net. (188) Net. (189) Net. (190) Drag Net. (191) Floating Net. (192) Net. 

 (193199) Casting Nets. (200) Net. (201207) Casting Nets. (208) Floating Net. 

 (209) Net. Consists of two parts, which open when dropped to the sea bottom by a long 

 line, and close on being hauled up. The bait is attached to the middle horizontal cord. A 

 signal cord shows the presence of fish. (210, 211) Nets. No. 210 is pushed before him by 

 the user, wading. The fish are removed, as caught, to the basket attached. (212) Hand 

 Nets. (213218) Nets. No. 214, used by three men, one at each end of the net, the third 

 beating the water to frighten the fish towards the net. Length 500 feet. (219) Hand Net. 

 (220) Crab Net, (221, 222) Shrimp Net. (223) Hand Net. (224) Net for small fish. 

 (225) Shrimp Net. (226) Crab Net. (227, 228) Fishermen's Houses. (229) Singapore 

 Fishing Boat. (230) Shrimp Boat. (231, 232) Boats from Selangor. (233 235) Fishing 

 Boits. (236) Boat from Selangor. Fishing Boats (237) from Malacca, (238) from Selangor, 

 (239, 240) from Johore. (241) Specimens of fish caught in the Malay Peninsula. (242) 

 Specimens of Corals. (243) Specimens of Shells. (244) Chlorimemus Commasonii. (245) 

 Pristis Semisugittatus. (246) Ikan Hurovan Tusek (Malay name). (247) Orcella Brevirostris. 

 (248) Crocodile from Selangor. (249) Photograph of fish killed by dynamite explosion in 

 Penang Harbour. (250) Specimens of dried fish in bottles. (251) Singapore Sea Otter. 



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