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namely, by means of small draft nets worked by two men 
in ‘‘coracles’’—small quadrangular boats made of tarpau- 
lin stretched over a light wooden framework. ‘The 
coracles float down the stream with the net stretched 
across it between them. When a fish strikes the net 
they encircle it and land it. From Overton down to 
below the ‘‘ weir” at Chester is a long stretch of water 
unsuited to net fishing. From the old bridge at Chester 
down to a line drawn across from a rocky point (Rockliff) 
about one mile below Connah’s Quay, to Bidston Point in 
Cheshire, the draught net alone is used. ‘This is a net 
200 yards long and 8 feet deep, having the ‘‘Act of Parlia-. 
ment’’ mesh of 2 in. from knot to knot, measured when 
wet, and furnished with a bag in the centre. Itis worked 
by two men haying a small row boat with a counter or 
small deck at the stern on which the net is piled. The 
net has a long rope attached to the top rope at one end 
and a shorter rope at the other. When used, one man 
rows the boat across the river, keeping the bow turned 
slightly to meet the tide so as to form the arc of a circle, 
while the other:man remains on shore and holds the 
shorter rope so that the net falls into the water as the 
boat proceeds. When all the net has left the boat the 
rower turns towards the shore which he reaches with the 
end of the longer rope still in the boat. He then begins 
to draw the end of the net towards the shore by means of | 
the rope so that any fish that has met the net would be 
driven on shore did it not take refuge in the bag. When 
he reaches the end of the net he calls to his companion 
‘“‘gale”’ (probably a corruption of the Welsh word “gael” 
—to get), meaning that he has got it. His companion ~ 
then comes towards him along the bank dragging his end 
of the net with him, the net is hauled in till the bag or 
purse is reached and the fish secured. Trammels are not 
