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BULLETIN OP THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
Bend the net to its frame, trice it np, and stitch the sides together, turn it inside 
out and attach the pocket 0 feet and the jacket 3 feet from the lower end of the net. 
The materials for pocket and jacket are the same as in the larger nets, but the latter 
is oidy half the width, the other lialf being used for the second net of the pair. Eun 
a drawstring through tlie lower meshes of the pocket and seize the float to the top of 
the net over the lead rope. 
NET FOR THE TANNER TRAWL NO. 3. 
The body of the net is made from the web used for pockets in the larger nets, 
21-thread, 1-inch mesh, square, hanging 54 meshes or 0 feet deep. Two pieces of 40 
meshes each are cut from the web, and using 9-tluead mauila the head and apron are 
roped, the latter containing 20 meshes on leech ropes 26 inches in length. For the 
lead rope take 7 feet of 9 thread mauila, rvhip the ends, middle it, measure 2 feet 3 
inches each way, and mark the i)oints to indicate its length, 4 feet 0 inches; cut a 
sweep of 10 meshes from one end of the second piece, stitch it to the lead I'ope, tirst 
slipping on 8 sinkers weighing about pound each, and distributing them evenly 
along its length. Splice the leech ropes into the lead rope, stitch the sides of the net, 
and square the lower end. 
The jacket, 2 feet 6 inches in depth, composed of 24-6 thread stow, J-inch mesli, 
square, is next stitched on, and the float seized in place, the pocket being omitted to 
save weight. 
THE BLAKE DEEP-SEA TRAWL NET. 
From the web, which is 30-thread cotton, 14-inch mesh, square, hanging 17 feet 
or 100 meshes deep, cut 172 meshes, or 43 feet stretch measure; take about 31 feet of 
2-inch mauila rope, slip 13 sinkers on one end, then make three small eyes along its 
length, the first 4 feet from tlie end, the second 10 feet 8 inches in the clear from the 
first, and the third 2 feet from the second. Slii> 13 sinkers over the other end of 
the rope and make a fourth eye 10 feet 8 inches from the third; connect the ends with 
a long splice, leaving 2 feet between the fourth and first eyes, thus forming the two 
lead ropes 10 feet 8 inches, and two leech ropes 2 feet in length. The web, which is in 
one piece, is prepared for ro]ung by cutting a sweei> of 6 meshes from the first 
70; then, with an interval of 18 meshes, cut another sweep of 6 meshes within the 
next 70, and, with a netting needle, hitch the first sweep to the first lead ro]>e, taking- 
up 70 meshes, then 18 meshes as a leech; 70 on the second lead rope, and 18 on the 
second leech. Commencing at the lead rope, lace the ends of tlie web together, then 
turn the web inside out and attach the pocket and jacket, the former 12 feet and the 
latter 6 feet from the tail of the trawl net. 
Should a cheese-cloth lining be added, stitch it to the jacket so that it will not 
extend more than 18 inches or at most 2 feet above the tail lashing. 
The Hoat is seized to the bight of a bridle the ends of which are lashed to the 
sides of the net, between the upper and lower parts, in such a maimer that it will 
hang near the lead ropes, but can not tloat outside of them. Eun a drawstring 
through the lower meshes of the pocket. 
’ , GENERAL REMARKS. 
The meshes are sjiaced wider on the lead ropes than on the leeches or ends, and 
they should be spaced closer near the corners than in the middle sections, in order to 
equalize the strain on different parts of the net. 
