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about fourteen inches apart. Then at tlie points o and p drive in 

 the pegs G and H (to which the butts of the long uprights are 

 lashed) on the inside of the line, vide Figs. I and IL Make a 



small hollow as before, round the pegs, to allow the butts to work 

 easily when the uprights are raised. Tbe pegs G and H (Fig. II) 

 will be about 14 in. apart. 



Fig U. 



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Next get an assistant to raise the short upx^ights at right angles 

 to the ground, making their tips meet. The A raise the long up- 

 rights and pass the cords over their tips, and, at the point where 

 the cords pass over their tips, fasten the cords to the tips by clove- 

 hitches, taking care that the hitches are on the outside. When 

 the tips of each pair of uprights are together and t1»e upper cords 

 are pulled taut in the direction of the pull line, all four uprights 

 should be at right angles to the ground and not perceptibly in- 

 clined towards A, nor towards the pall-direction. 



Now, from the tops of the uprights C and D, carry the ends of 

 the net down to the ground, and fasten them to the peg B. Each 

 end of the net is thus fastened at the top and bottom of the short 

 uprights, is taut, and does not bag. The spare part of the end- 



eds^es of the net is left loose. 



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ground 



rhe tops are just sufficiently high out of the 

 ese short * uprights ' in position. The lines 



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in Fig. I, and pull the short * uprights ' BO, BD taut in the direc- 

 tion of the pull-line, nnd drive in the pegs C and D almost flush 

 with the ground. Tl 

 gi'ound to keep th 



AEG and AFD (Fig. I) are now taut. Next dri 

 and F, which keep the long ' uprights ' in position. The lines 

 AEG and AFD should still be taut, a greater strain being on the 

 pegs C and D, and a lesser strain on E and F. 



See that the tips of all four ' uprights ' are still about 3 in. 

 from the ground, and that the butts in the hollows are slightly 

 below the level of the s^roand. 



N'ow take the spare ends of the rope and knot them at m. 

 The distance from the peg B to the knot w, will be about 3 ft. 6 in. 

 Take care that the knot m is in a direct line with the centre of the 

 pegs A and B. Tlje pull-line must be fastened at the point m and 

 must be in continuation of the line ABm. The loiver line in the 

 net is di'awn tieht from A and fastened to peer F, and then carried 



