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BIRD NETTING. 
IN various parts of the country flight nets are 
on certain of the coast for taking 
birds during the nighttime, but those at Frisk- 
on the Wash, in Lincolnshire, 
used parts 
ney, have become 
famous on account of their size and the quantity 
of the birds that are taken in them. 
On this particular portion of the coast, 
the London Graphic, the tide out 
Next to the big sea bank, which 
from being 
says 
goes [Oxea: 
very long way. 
the 
flooded, there is a large marsh intersected with 
and covered with’ glass wort, which is 
known as samphire; next to’ this is a 
big stretch of sand, and following this a vast 
mud flat, famous for its cockles. There are 
several men there who work flight nets—George 
Bray, the old wildfowler, has four of the long- 
est, consisting of eleven lengths, each length of 
net being thirty-six yards long and about six 
feet deep, made of fine, strong black cotton 
twine, with, a mesh six inches square. Along 
the top and bottom of the net runs a thin 
strong cord to attach it to a strong ash pole, 
which is placed at’ every thirty-seven yards dis- 
tance. The lower running cord is attached to 
the pole about two feet from the ground, so 
that there is plenty of slack. If it were placed 
at its full stretch the birds in striking would 
often be thrown back and escape, instead of be- 
ing curled up in a hopeless tangle. The best 
time to catch the wildfow! is on what are known 
as the “darks,” that is, dark, stormy nights 
with high tides and the wind blowing north and 
northeast. Quiet moonlight nights are bad, as 
the birds, flying low, see the net and avoid the 
snare by rising over the top of it. Of course’ 
with so large a mesh many small birds pass 
through without being caught, and, being of 
thin twine, often when a large bunch of duck 
or geese strike it they go clean through it, leay- 
ing nothing but a big rent in the net and a few 
feathers to tell the tale. The writer has seen 
various ducks and gulls, woodcock, snipe, 
plovers, owls and many different species, both 
large and small, caught in the toils. One has 
to visit the net at daybreak to take out the 
spoil, otherwise the gulls and the gray backed 
crows make very short work of the poor 
captives. 
In netting the ubiquitous and destructive 
sparrow all that is needed is a special sparrow 
net, pocketed on two long, thin poles. The ivy 
on the house sides and walls and the stacks in 
the farmyards are worked all over by raising the 
net as high as possible, clapping it on to ‘the 
wall or stack, and then drawing it gradually 
downward. The birds, as they are disturbed, fly 
out into the toils. Several scores of birds may 
be captured in an evening. 
prevents surrounding country 
dykes, 
lc ycally 

GROWTH OF RUBBER TREES. 
ConsuL F. M. Ryper of Bluefields, advises 
that the production of rubber from the culti- 
vated plantations in that district of Nicaragua 
will be limited this season, on account of the 
damage done to the older trees by the hurricane 
last fall. He writes: 
“Where these trees have been blown down, 
but not uprooted, they are sprouting freely, 
About six of these shoots are permitted to re- 
main, and many of these are now 5 to 7 feet 
in height, while their roots appear to be forc- 
ing their way through the trunk of the parent 
tree into the ground beneath. It is claimed these 
sprouts will mature quickly, being nourished by 
so large a body. Consequently, if the theory 
holds good, then the increase in the number of 
trees in the plantations will be considerable, and 
the hurricane, instead of being destructive, will 
prove a blessing in disguise, for rubber experts 
here generally were of the opinion that their | 
plantations had been completely ruined, while | 
much to their astonishment they find that a, kind 
Providence has doubled the number of trees 
upon their holdings without the effort on their 
part of planting and cultivating.” 
