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THE TRAMMEL. 



which cut off the corners, that they may not entangle in the 

 meshes. These corks must be placed on the head-line at 

 intervals of eighteen inches, and the pipe-leads abreast of them 

 on the foot-line : the dimensions of these perforated leads are 

 one and three-quarter inches in length and half an inch in 

 diameter. These leads will be of the required weight to sink 

 the corks, which will raise the net like a wall from the bottom 



FIG. 68. Side view of Trammel-net. 



to the height the large meshes will allow, namely five feet three 

 inches, which is found sufficient for the capture of Red Mullet, 

 Soles, Plaice, Craw-fish, Crabs, Lobsters, &c. (See the article 

 on * Red Mullet,' in addition to the present remarks, p. 174). 



The best time to set a trammel is just before sunset, as the 

 fish mesh themselves more frequently on the approach of dark- 

 ness, although some may be taken even in the daytime. 



The most likely places to shoot a trammel are in the eddy 



