106 ' OF ‘THE RAKE. 
OF THE GANGUI. 
This is the most simple apparatus for fishing shells. It isa 
large net in the shape of a bag. The mouth of this bag is 
kept open while at the bottom of the sea, by means of a stick 
placed transversely, keeping the margins apart from one side 
to the other. This stick is equal to the diameter of the aper- 
ture of the bag, and as it is placed horizontally, it divides that 
aperture into two halves, the one inferior, and the other supe- 
rior. The whole circumference of the lower part is furnished 
with small pieces of lead, whose weight draws it down. The 
circumference of the upper part is provided, on the contrary, 
with small pieces of cork, which raise it up; thus the bag re- 
mains always open at the bottom of the sea. This bag is drag- 
ged by means of a rope, which attaches it to a boat, the mo- 
tions of which it follows. The lead with which the lower part 
of the aperture is loaded, causes it to drag strongly along the 
bottom of the sea, the shelis and marine plants of which are 
pulled off, and enter the bag as it is moved forward. 
OF THE RAKE. 
In many cases, the gangui has not sufficient power to detach 
those shells which adhere strongly to the rocks, at the bottom. 
of the ocean; in which case, the rake will be found an efficient 
instrument. 
The rake is composed of a cross piece of iron, armed with | 
teeth. and attached to a long handle, of a similar form to the 
rake used by gardeners, except that from the two extremities 
of the cross iron proceed two iron branches, which are attached 
to the handle, and which form, with the cross piece, a kind of 
semicircle. This semicircle serves for attachment and aperture 
_ toanet, in shape ofa bag. his rake is fixed by the end of a 
handle to a rope, by means of which, fishers, in a boat, draw it 
in by the help of a capstan. The teeth of the rake drag along 
the bottom of the sea, and detach the marine bodies which ad- 
here to it; these are received into the net, by means of which 
they are brought up to the surface. 
