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The sites which may be perhaps considered as of this 
paper lie approximately within 30° W. and 20° E, long., and 
20° N.and 4o° S. lat. The area may be estimated by the 
bounding degrees of Lat. and Long., and is made up of the 
“Cape Verde,’* “Ascension and St. Helena,” t “ West 
and South African,” § and “African Atlantic” grounds. 
While on this subject I may record the following descrip- 
tion by the owner, Signor Ferro, of a fishing net in his 
possession of West African manufacture, made of the 
sinews of the whale, so far as one can presently judge with- 
out seeing it, as among the Cape Flattery Indians and 
Eskimos of North America. 
“ As to the net, it was brought from the Arabs of the Rio 
de Oro (River Ouro) ; it is some thirty fathoms long and one 
and a half fathoms deep, and of one inch mesh. It has the 
appearance of being made of thick guitar strings, but the 
Arabs explained that they made it from the intestines of a 
whale which stranded on the coast. The net is made with- 
out the help of either a netting needle or gunge ; they tied 
each knot with their fingers, twisting at the same time the 
cord as required. Notwithstanding this laborious way of 
making it, the net is perfectly regular throughout. The 
knot used is the same as used here, which they learnt from 
the fishermen (of Canary). It is weighted at the bottom by 
round beads of red earthenware of their own manufacture, 
about one inch in diameter. The corks are the same size 
and shape as the leads (?), and made from pieces thrown up 
upon the shore.” 
* 22° N.; 15° N. Lat. from West African shore to 30° W. Long. 
T 5° and 25° S, Lat.; 3° and 10° W. Long. 
t 5° N. Lat. and 38° S. Lat.; average breadth between 5° and 20° 
E. Long. 
§ 30° and 40° S. Lat. ; 10° E. and 25° W. Lon 
