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be gathered, that it may not occupy more than 16 feet of space, 

 which will cause it to bag well. 



Three gores of very 

 fine netting, as fine as 

 can be made, 18 inches 

 in width, are to be in- 

 serted at equal distances 

 from the edges of the 

 calico- and from each 

 other, which gores are 

 to reach to within 18 

 inches of the top and 

 bottom of the calico. 



The bunt of calico is 

 preferred to one of net- 

 ting, because it offers no 

 apertures for the fish to 

 get their heads fast, and 

 the gores are inserted 

 that the water may es- 

 cape more freely, for it 

 is found that the calico 

 without gores is of ex- 

 ceedingly heavy draught, 

 as might be expected. 



As a difficulty some- 

 times occurs in pro- 

 curing these gores of fine 

 netting, a very coarse 

 kind of canvas, of a light 

 make, and very open 

 between the threads, is 

 substituted, and answers 

 the purpose well at a less 

 cost. 



On each side of the 

 calico three fathoms of 

 one-inch meshed net is 



