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weighted, and deficient in corks for floating. 

 Then, too, they cannot be properly repaired by 

 hand workers, and if sent to the manufacturers 

 the charge is so high as to be almost pro- 

 hibitive. The chief varieties of nets to be 

 used for this work are the drag or flue net, the 

 trammel, and the purse net. 



The flue or drag net, as shown on the accom- Drag nets, 

 panying plate, consists of two parts. Firstly, 

 the perpendicular wall of net from A to B ; and 

 secondly, the bag from B to D and back to C, 

 and extending the entire length of the net. 

 The line A A, called the head or cork line, has 

 fastened to it at intervals a series of corks, c c c, 

 to float the net. Evenly spaced between these 

 corks are also fastened to the line A A ordinary 

 horn rings, d dd. The line E E is simply passed 

 through the rings from end to end of the net, and 

 is fastened to the central ring only. 



Attached to the line B B, at intervals, there 

 are short lengths of vertical line b b b, which 

 are also attached to the foot or lead line C C, 

 on which the pipe-shaped leads a a a, spaced 

 four to five inches apart, are carried. By this 

 arrangement when the net is dragged down, the 

 leads keep the lower side of the bag on the 

 ground, and the fish find their way into the bag 

 by the ten inches of open space at its mouth 

 from B to C. In some nets instead of pipe 



