NETS. 



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where the depth, of water is thirty fathoms, 

 when a different kind of net is used. 



THE PRAWN NET. 



Whitebait the delicacy for which Greenwich 

 is so famous is a marine fish, although often 

 captured in rivers. It was formerly regarded 

 as the fry of some other fish, probably the 

 shad ; but it is admitted to be a distinct species. 

 Whitebait is captured in a net of a very small 

 mesh. The net is made in the form of a baer, 



