INTRODUCTION 



with very large meshes and the bag-net with very 

 fine meshes. It is cast by a special boat and drawn 

 to land. It is used especially for Sardines and other 

 surface fish. One of these Nets employs fifteen or 

 more men. 2. The ypL—ap6Xt or KwAo^/xxrr^s, a 

 smaller sortj managed by four men, used for catching 

 Grey Mullets and other shore fishes. 3. The dvefio- 

 rpara, a ver\' large seine In the use of this two 

 boats are always associated. They set out early in 

 the morning, taking advantage of the off-shore wind 

 (ttTToyt) — which in summer blows during the night 

 from the land — and when they reach the open sea 

 they cast the seine, moor their boats, and remain till 

 mid-day. Then when the landward breeze begins 

 to blow, the two boats proceed, parallel to one 

 another, harbourwards, drawing the seine behind 

 them. 



4. ydyyafjLov. The name ydyyajMov (yayydfiiov) is 

 still used round the Black Sea, although in most 

 parts of Greece a slightly altered form — yayydfSa — 

 is in use. The Net is a dredge-net and is employed 

 in fishing for Sponges, Oysters, and Sea-urchins. It is 

 constructed thus : "autour d'un arc en fer est cousu 

 un filet de forme conique ; la corde, tres large, de 

 Tare est aussi en fer ; de la corde et de Tare partent 

 en rayonnant differentes cordes, au point de rencontre 

 desquelles est attachee une grosse corde au moven 

 de laquelle on tire I'appareil." Cf. schol. ydyyafiov 

 yayydfir], kivos Tra^i'? 8iKTva>Tos, (riSi^pw kvkAw irept- 

 exofievos; Aesch. Ag. 36 1 /^eya SovXetas ydyyafiov 

 dTT]s TravaXwTov. Strabo 307, speaking of the cold 

 in the region of the Sea of Azov, says : opvKToi rk ela-w 

 ix6v€S ol dTro\y]<f)6€VTe<i Iv tw KpiKTTdXkw nj irpoa-- 

 ayopevofj-evy y ay ydfirf. Poll. ii. l69 to SiktvwScs o 



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