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sheeting or linnet must be much deeper than the wall- 

 ing. The head-line carries a number of large bungs 

 to float it, a second line is affixed to one end, and 

 a series of horn rings are carried on the head-line ; 

 this second line is generally called the lock-line. 

 The object of this arrangement of lines is, that when 

 the net is being gathered in to the bank before being 

 landed, the pulling in of the lock-line will close the net 

 into a bag laterally, and prevent the escape of any fish 

 in it. The lower side of the walling is a strong line 

 armed with a number of leads to sink it to the bottom 

 of the river. 



The walling should be square, of very strong twine 

 and coarse mesh, say, 15 in., and the sheeting or linnet 

 of fine twine and 2 to 2^ in. mesh. When a fish 

 strikes the sheeting or linnet the effect is to drive it 

 through the large square mesh of the walling, and 

 the more it struggles the more does it get hung up 

 and often killed in the meshes. For a river like the 

 Test the nets should be about 20 yd. in length and 

 2 to 3 yd. in depth, and for smaller or shallower 

 streams proportionately smaller. The net shown in 

 Plate XXXVIII was made for me by Messrs. C. 

 Farlow and Co., Ltd., to the following specification : — 



Size. — To set 20 yd. long by 6 ft. deep. 



Inner netting.^^&st quality satin finished 6/3- 

 hemp twine, tanned, 2 -in. mesh (i.e. 1 in. from knot 

 to knot), extra slack both in length and depth to allow 

 for bagging. 



Walls. — Square mesh, 12-in. bars on both sides. 



