NETTING. 



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the cork line or meshes of the nets. The accom- 

 panying plan (Fig. I.) shows the positions of 

 the nets, A being the purse net set as a stop 

 net, B the drag net, and C the trammel. 



The men dragging the nets, two to the drag 

 net and two to the trammel, are then started 

 walking quite slowly down in the water close to 

 either bank, or, if the water is too deep, on the 

 bank itself. The men must be drilled to keep in 

 line and maintain the distance between the two 



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Fig. II. 



nets, and when working round a curve the men 

 on the inner or convex side must be taught to 

 regulate their pace by that of their fellow 

 labourers on the outer or concave side. A little 

 instruction will show them that the man on the 

 concave side has the longer distance to cover, 

 and thus the man on the convex must slow 

 down his pace, or, if necessary, even stand 

 still. 



When the heavy flue is within ten or twelve 



yards of the stop net, the dragging of both nets 



'is discontinued, and the drag net itself is drawn 



