134 WAYS OF THE SIX-FOOTED 



Most skilfully he makes his snare. It is formed like 

 a dip-net and fastened with silk to a frame of leaves 



or pebbles, so that its distended 

 mouth is directed up-stream. 

 Near the frame it consists of 

 fragments of vegetation woven 

 into a silken tapestry and is 

 finished at the end with a bag 

 Fig. 44. A Seine and the Fish- ^f coarse, even mesh. The 



erman's Hut. » , . , . 



regularity of this bit of netting 

 is beautiful to behold, and its use shows the cleverness 

 of the builder. This large mesh allows the water to 

 flow through freely, and thereby leave entangled in the 

 seine any little creature not small enough to pass 

 through. The mechanism of the structure is simple 

 and self regulating. 



On the side of this tiny seine toward the current of 

 the stream is a little passage which leads to the seine- 

 builder's house. This is a rather crudely constructed 

 tube made of sticks and stones fastened to the surface 

 of the stone with silk, and just large enough to fit its 

 occupant. Lying in his house, his alert head reaching 

 out in the passageway, our small fisherman needs only 

 to take a step or two to examine his haul and sate his 

 appetite. 



This clever little artisan is a caterpillar hardly more 



