28 APPARATUS. 



of a wire frame covered with net, so that when not 

 in use they may be folded up and put away in a 

 small space. The trap, when open, is about four- 

 teen inches broad and eighteen inches long, the 

 depth being one foot (see Plate VI, No. 3). 

 The wicker crab pot is usually made for 4s. 6d. t 

 and can be obtained at almost any fishing village 

 on the coast; they are, when about to be used, 

 weighted with three or four stones of from six to 

 ten pounds each, which are firmly secured inside 

 with rope yarn, and to the side is attached a long 

 rope with a large cork buoy at the end, and smaller 

 pieces of cork at every four or five feet, so as to 

 float the line with sufficient power to resist the 

 tides, the power of the flow and ebb of which 

 would otherwise draw the line under and prevent 

 the raising and examination of the pots. Prawn 

 pots of wicker are almost exclusively made in the 

 Isle of Wight, where they can be purchased for 

 about half-a-crown each. They are used in just 

 the same way as the crab pot, only the ground 

 chosen is nearer the shore, in a much smaller 

 depth of water. The bait to be used for the cap- 

 ture of crabs must be perfectly fresh ; those for 

 lobsters and prawns, on the contrary, are better 



