260 REPOKT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



uets, weirs^ &c. These may consist entirely of netting, of brush or of 

 laths, or a combination of two or more of these materials, the construc- 

 tion, in form and material, varying in different parts of our sea-coast or 

 of the great lakes. The apparatus constructed of nets is used princi- 

 pally on the south side of JN'ew England and on the lakes, and in its 

 simplest form, is as described by Mr. South wick on page 10, accompa- 

 nied by a diagram. The trap-net proper (Fig. 3) is peculiar to the waters 

 of Ehode Island, especially the Seaconnet Eiver, and is illustrated in 

 the accompanying figure, as well as by that on page 10. The following 

 account of this trap, and the mode of using it, I owe to Mr. Southwick. 



Fig. 3. 



^5 ft. 



at Pine Point ,11. 1. 

 Iv. SouTinvicic. 



Newpokt, November 20, 1871. 



Dear Sir : A tiaj), or "square trap" as soniotimes called, is simply an nblong square 



box of netting, o})eii at the inshore and al){)ve ends, to one edge of \v liili is attached a 



leader running toward or on the shore, where it is fastened by an anchor or to some 



object. The lower edge of the leader is kei)t on the bottom by a chai i or stones lathed 



