88 MAKING A FISHERY. 



leads a galvanised chain is substituted, and it is 

 said that the chain works better than the leads, 

 especially over weeds, as it is less liable to roll 

 or lift. 



When hauling the drag net, both ends of the 

 cork line A A are brought round to the landing 

 bank, and the two ends of the line E E being 

 pulled in, the net is gathered up from the centre 

 until the corks are all close together, and the 

 entire length of the net a bag containing the 

 fish. To work satisfactorily, the line E E must 

 be moderately fine. Its only use is to gather up 

 the upper end of the net, and it should under no 

 circumstances be used for lifting. 



The suggested dimensions of a drag net for 

 ordinary use are- — length, eighteen yards ; depth 

 of the perpendicular portion A to B, four feet 

 six inches ; depth of the bag from B to D and 

 back to C, four feet six inches ; the corks four 

 inches in diameter and twenty-two inches apart ; 

 the whole net of quite strong twine and a two 

 and a half inch mesh throughout. 

 The tram- J. C. Wilcocks, in his " Sea Fisherman," 



under this heading, says : " The appellation of 

 this net is doubtless of French origin, for 

 'trammel' is evidently ' trois mailles' or three 

 meshes, which exactly describes the net. It 

 consists of a loose net of small meshes, or 

 sheeting, between two tighter nets of larger 



