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enable the corks to float and the lower-leaded 

 edge to sink to the bottom. The net being shot, is 

 then gradually pulled in, care being taken to keep 

 the two ends equal as they come on shore. This 

 kind of net is very much used on the coast by 

 gentlemen who club together for the purchase of 

 one, and during the summer make parties for a 

 day's fishing, the net boat being accompanied by 

 other boats filled with the lady friends of the fish- 

 ing party, who make it a pic-nic whilst they are 

 rowed after the net-boat to observe the sport ob- 

 tained. Some years since a number of the clergy 

 inhabiting the shore of an estuary on the coast of 

 Devon started one of these nets, and were most 

 regular in pursuing this sport ; in the end they 

 became known in the vicinity as the " Simon Peter 

 Society" from having in these degenerate days 

 taken up the calling of the great apostle. Every 

 kind of fish known to our shores is taken in these 

 nets, and afford quite a study for the naturalist, as 

 not only fish, but nearly all varieties of crustaceee 

 and shell-fish, are taken at times, and the most 

 beautiful sea- weeds are found adhering to the net. 



