MURDOCH. ] NET FOR SEALS. 251 
Such nets are set under the ice in winter, or in shoal water along the 
shore by means of stakes in summer. In the ordinary method of setting 
the net under the ice two small holes are cut through the ice the length 
of the net apart, and between them in the same straight line is cut a third 
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Fic. 252.—Seal net. 
large enough to permit a seal to be drawn up through it. A line witha 
plummet on the end is let down through one of the small holes, and is 
hooked through the middle hole, with a long slender pole of willow, often 
made of several pieces spliced together, with a small wooden hook on the 
