NETS FOR COLLECTING INSECTS. 



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Eig. 41 shows a strong and easily made net. To make this, 

 procure some brass wire, gauge No. 8 or 9. Cut from the ring 

 of wire sufficient to form a net a foot in diameter, allowing 

 enough in addition for two short arms. Cut off about 3ft. 8in., 

 which will allow for joints ; divide this so that one half is 

 about an inch and a half longer than the other ; make one end 

 of the longest piece into a small loop, cranking it at the 

 bottom, as shown at C; one end of the other piece is then 

 thrust through the loop at A, turned round, and beaten down, 

 forming as it were two links of a chain ; this acts as a hinge, 

 and allows the net to be doubled. The other end is then 

 cranked, as shown at B, but shorter than the arm C. Next 

 procure sufficient of the material known as black " holland," 

 which sew all round the ring of the net in such a manner that 

 it does not interfere with the working of the hinge. For this 

 purpose a strip of about 2in. wide will be enough, w^hich, 

 doubled over and hemmed at the bottom, allows sufficient for 



the net — a bag 



made of the ^^ 



material called 



"leno" — to be 



subsequently 



affixed. About a yard of " leno " 



suffices for the bag, and the pieces 



which come olf the bottom during 



the operation of rounding it, form 



" gussets " to fill the net in up to the 



point where the arms B and C first 



spring. 



To fit this net ready for use, get 

 an ordinary walking-stick, a portion 

 of which is shown at A (Fig. 42), in 

 which bore two holes, one on each 

 side, to receive the little returns 

 shown at B and C (Fig. 41), and at 

 such a distance from the top of the 

 stick as is determined by the length 

 of the arms. With a iin. gouge or chisel, groove out the wood 

 from these holes to the end of the stick, until the arms of the 



Fig. 42,— "Ring "-Net 

 Complete. 



