106 OF THE RAKE. 



OF THE GANGUI. 



This is the most simple apparatus for fishing shells. It is a 

 large net in the shape of a bag. The mouth of this bag is 

 kept open while at the bottom of the sea, by means of a stick 

 placed transversely, keeping the margins apart from one side 

 to the other. This stick is equal to the diameter of the aper- 

 ture of the bag, and as it is placed horizontally, it divides that 

 aperture into two halves, the one inferior, and the other supe- 

 rior. The whole circumference of the lower part is furnished 

 with small pieces of lead, whose weight draws it down. The 

 circumference of the upper part is provided, on the contrary, 

 with small pieces of cork, which raise it up ; thus tke bag re- 

 mains always open at the bottom of the sea. This bag is drag- 

 ged by means of a rope, which attaches it to a boat, the mo- 

 tions of which it follows. The lead with which the lower part 

 of the aperture is loaded, causes it to drag strongly along the 

 bottom of the sea, the shells and marine plants of which are 

 pulled off, and enter the bag as it is moved forward. 



OF THE RAKE. 



In many cases, the gangui has not sufficient power to detach 

 those shells which adhere strongly to the rocks, at the bottom 

 of the ocean; in which case, the rake will be found an efficient 

 instrument. 



The rake is composed of a cross piece of iron, armed with 

 teeth, and attached to a long handle, of a similar form to the 

 rake used by gardeners, except that from the two extremities 

 of the cross iron proceed two iron branches, which are attached 

 to the handle, and which form, with the cross piece, a kind of 

 semicircle. This semicircle serves for attachment arid aperture 

 to a net, in shape of a bag. This rake is fixed by the end of a 

 handle to a rope, by means of which, fishers, in a boat, draw it 

 in by the help of a capstan. The teeth of the rake drag along 

 the bottom of the sea, and detach the marine bodies which ad- 

 here to it ; these are received into the net, by means of which 

 they are brought up to the surface. 



