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opposite side and then dragged in (see diagram, fig. 3). Backwaters often yield a 

 good catch (see diagram, fig. 4), especially if worked at night, as fish seem to resort to 





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them for purposes of sleep or rest. I remember one night at Ibrim, in Nubia, going 

 out to a shallow backwater, and having stretched the net as quietly as possible across 

 the mouth I sent half a dozen men to the other end with orders to walk in the water 



Fig. 3. 



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towards the net, splashing about as they came. When they got within about ten yards 

 from the net we had quite an exciting time, the fish leaping about in all directions, 



some over the net and others on to the bank. 



Kir. 4. 



On dragging the net in we found an 



excellent catch in point of numbers, though of little value for eating purposes, the 

 bulls consisting of the fish known as Kelp-el-bahr (Hydrocyon forskalii), the flesh of 

 which is insipid and full of long and very thin bones. 



