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proved this, I devised tlie net shown in Fig. 43, wHcli, in compli- 

 ment to a gentleman who gave me a hint with regard to the 

 slide, I have called the " Hill Sliding Net." This slide allows 

 the net to be folded to just half the size of the preceding one, 

 making it, therefore, highly convenient to carry. 



This net frame is, I fear, beyond the power of the amateur to 

 make for himself, being really a brazier's job. A A A A are 

 four pieces of wire of the same thickness as used for the 

 preceding net. The two top pieces are flattened out at the top 



Fia. 43.— The "Hill Sliding Net," Open. 



Fig. 44.— The "Htll Sliding 



Net," Closed. 



and each one drilled with a hole, h h. At c e e e are little brass 

 tubes, brazed to the arms, which allow each arm to slide down 

 on the other. When these are brazed and fitted to slide they 

 are fixed to the tube D by smaller tubes, one on each side, in 

 this manner. At / the arm is brought across the tube and 

 permanently fixed in the smaller tube. At g the other arm 

 is brought across in the same manner, but allowed to revolve in 

 the small tube brazed to the side of D ; the end of this arm (on 

 the right of Fig. 43) coming through the tube is coiled round 



