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the proper fnaresj fuch as the fpring-book, and manfoa or 

 fpring-bafket. I ^ave given a reprefentation of both thefe 

 in the plate annexed, where the fpring-hook is exprefled 

 by the letter being a long elaftic pole, like a ftrong 

 mg-rod, ftuck in the ground under water, at the 

 other end of which is fixed a double line, the fhorteft 

 having fattened to it a fmall ftick, ten inches long, and 

 the other the fame, but a little lower ; while at the ex- 

 tremity oi this line is hooked a fmall fifh by the fins, in 

 fuch a manner as to fwim to and fro, and be a bait for 

 the larger fpecies. Two long flicks being next placed in. 

 the ground fo as to appear above water, a third ftick 

 much fhorter, forms them like a gallows ; above this 

 gallows is bent and fixed the elaflic pole, by means of 

 the double line and its beams ; but in fo very flight 

 a manner, that upon the leaft touch the whole ap- 

 paratus gives way, and the large pole ere£ls itfelf, when 

 the fifh that occafioned the fpring, by taking the ,bait, 

 is fufpended to the houk in the air, as exhbited by the 

 figure B. 



The manfoa or fpring-bafket is much upon the fame 

 conflrudion, and may be feen by referring to letter C, 

 where it is reprefented open and under water, with the 

 bait fwimming in it. This bafket is made of warimbo 

 reeds, in the form of a fugar-loaf (the above apparatus 

 being fixed to the middle) in the fmall end of which the 

 elaflic pole is fafiened, while at the other end is an open 

 trap-door, the whole being fupported in an erciS pofition 



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