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  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  INDIANS 
  

  

  [B. 
  A. 
  B. 
  Bull. 
  143 
  

  

  The 
  basket 
  net 
  is 
  used 
  at 
  Conima 
  and 
  Mono 
  to 
  take 
  a 
  small 
  fish 
  

   called 
  ispi, 
  when, 
  from 
  July 
  to 
  December, 
  they 
  lay 
  their 
  eggs 
  in 
  the 
  

   shallow 
  water 
  of 
  the 
  lake's 
  edge. 
  Each 
  small 
  balsa 
  drags 
  two 
  nets, 
  

   one 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  (fig. 
  45, 
  center). 
  The 
  nets 
  are 
  some 
  35 
  inches 
  

   (90 
  cm.) 
  in 
  diameter 
  and 
  of 
  equal 
  depth. 
  

  

  Figure 
  46. 
  — 
  Aymara 
  dip 
  nets. 
  

  

  