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There is another method of catching fish sometimes seen in the vicinity of Cairo in 

 shallow ponds, &c. The net nsed is about 6 yards long and 1^ yards wide and is attached 

 to a couple of short poles (see diagram, fig. 5). It is worked by two men, one to each 

 pole, and is spread out nearly upright with the lower edge on the bottom and is then 

 dragged to the end of the pond, when it is quickly lifted out of the water, the lower 

 end being raised, thus causing the fish to fall back into the net. 



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There is still another method which is sometimes used at Cairo, and occasionally in 

 some of the large canals of the Delta. The apparatus consists of two large circular 

 nets, called " farrat," just like an enormous casting-net with a circumference of about 

 50 yards, a 1-inch mesh, with leads placed round the edges, and with strong cords 

 attached to the centre of each. Each net is arranged on the stern of a separate boat 

 and when the desired fishing-place is reached the edges of the two nets are fastened 



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together at one place by a peg, which is so fixed that it can be pulled out when 

 desired. The peg is attached to a long line, to one end of which a large float is 

 fastened (see diagram, fig. G, a), whilst the other end is made fast to one of the boats, 



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