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the more it becomes " trammelled," and in its 'efforts 

 to free itself, sometimes carries the pocket back through 

 the adjoining large mesh, and makes its chances of 

 escape still more hopeless. There is a double advan- 

 tage in having a walling on each side, for a fish is thus 

 obliged to strike the net just where the middle slack 

 portion can be pushed through the outer large mesh, 

 and the net is equally effective on whichever side the 

 fish approaches it. Nets of this description are much 

 used at Guernsey for the capture of the large red 

 mullet, which are sent thence to the London market. 

 It is also coming more into use than formerly on the 

 coasts of Devon and Cornwall, and a trammel now fre- 

 quently forms part of the fishing gear carried by many 

 of our yachts. On the Cornish coast, the trammel is 

 often called a " tumbling net." 



The ordinary trammel or set-net is merely a single 

 net mounted very slack on the head and back ropes, so 

 as to allow a good deal of play to the netting. It is, 

 in fact, much the same in character as the ordinary 

 drift-nets previously described; but it is set at the 

 bottom with anchors and buoys in just the same way 

 as the true trammel. The meshes are made of a size 

 suitable to that of the fish intended to be caught, as in 

 this case the fish becomes meshed and entangled in the 

 netting. Hake are largely taken in these nets in the 

 south of Ireland ; and it is used in different places for 

 cod, turbot, herrings, &c., and even for crabs on parts 

 of the Scotch coast. 



