INTRODUCTION. 



membranaceus or S. batensoda, which iu the Soudan goes by the name of "gargour 

 gelarby " or simply " gelarby." 



At one of the regulators on the Bahr Yusuf the fishermen used a rather novel method 

 of catching fish. A small-meshed net is loosely fastened across a framework of wood, 

 from the corners of which run cords which are attached to a single stout cord for the 

 purpose of lowering or raising the net (fig. 22, a). The whole apparatus is called a 

 " natat," and it is suspended just below the regulator about a foot below the surface of 

 the water at the place where it rushes out of the sluice (fig. 22, b). Fishes trying to 

 force their way up-stream often jump clean out of the water, just as Salmon do in 

 England, and not infrequently fall back into the " natat,'' which has been conveniently 

 placed for that purpose. 



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After leaving Lahun I visited two or three other canlas, but these yielded nothing 

 of interest, and towards the end of October I returned to the lakes of the Delta, Edkou 

 being first visited, and afterwards Borollos. Lake Maryut or Mareotis was next visited, 

 but yielded only meagre results, as very little fishing takes place there in comparison 

 with the other lakes. 



In November I found myself at Kafr-el-Zayat, on the " Kosetta " Nile, about halfway 

 between that town and Cairo. The modes of fishing and the species caught were 

 similar to those of other places on the river, except that the " zarema," lines of baited 

 hooks, are more in favour here than in other places. On the big canals near the town 

 I noticed three forms of hand-net in use. The " shilb " (not to be confused with a 

 totally different kind of net of the same name used at the regulators in Upper Egypt) 

 consists of a purse-like net with f-inch mesh, attached to a couple of light sticks, each 

 about 10 feet long, which are fastened together in a V-shape to a short handle of wood 



