LANDING NETS. 



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should hang clear of all embarrassments caused by the creel 

 or fish carrier, and ready, of course, to be taken hold of by the 

 right hand, when, at the proper moment, the rod is transferred 

 to the left. 



Without occupying space by discussing the merits and 

 demerits of various nets, handles, and net carriers which do not 

 fulfil these requirements, let me proceed at once to describe a 

 combination which does so. I call it a ' combination ' because 

 the net is the invention of Messrs. Hardy Brothers, and the 



handle and carrier that of Messrs. Williams, Great Queen 

 Street, Lincoln's Inn. 



The net, as will be seen by the engraving (fig. i), consists 

 of two side pieces, made of flexible wood, and these when 

 stretched to their proper dimensions, and so held by the 

 brass socket into which the right-hand side slips, are kept 

 at the regulated distance by a cord stretched between the 

 two upper points. The net itself — as all nets should be,, 

 in order both to keep them from getting rotten, saturated 



