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gradually driven into the inner pound. The whole net is provided 
with stones and with floats of unhewn timber. The meshes of the 
pouch vary from about one foot and four inches to about half an 
inch in length. 
This net proves itself to have been constructed with a full 
knowledge of the habits of the fish for which it is intended. Owing 
to the presence of a rectangular bend in the barrier and the 
curvature of the pouch, the fish which have once entered the net 
can not possibly get out of it again. Moreover if a second shoal 
of fish comes after the first has entered the pouch, the latter is 
driven beyond the second intercepting net, and the net at the 
entrance of the pouch is opened; then the second sh 
swims to and fro between the barrier and the entrance o 
for any length of time, and there is no fear of their ese 
In the watch-tower two men always keep a lookout, 
is a boat with six men. When the fish enter the net, w 
from the tower to the boat, and the intercepting nets 
action. Moreover signals are made to the fishermen’ 
shore, according to the number of fish. 
oal merely 
f the pouch 
ape. 
while below 
ord is given 
are put into 
s huts on the 
PREPARATIONS OF TUNNY. 
Tunnies are mostly eaten raw in J apan. 
methods of preservation were by salting a 
ing; but now they are also canned and p 
to European methods, 
Tunny Drift-net. i. 
This is used in the vicinity of the Bay of Tokyo. A 
netting is about 275 feet long and 20 feet wide. 
pieces (or “mogai” as the fishermen cal] them) are 
single net. The meshes are about 7 inches, and the k 
so as to prevent sliding in either direction. 
the upper margin. In order to make the ne 
the rope is made from the fibres of the 
excelsa, Thumb.), and floats are attached to it at the distance of 
about every one foot and four inches, The rope of the lower 
margin is made of hemp, and no stones are attached to it. 
This net is worked in the spring and in the open sea at a depth 
of 500-1000 feet. Many boats form a line and 
intercept the route 
of the fish, and the net is shot down the tidal current. While 
Until recently the only 
nd by smoking and dry- 
reserved in oil according 
single 
Twelve such 
joined into q 
nots are made 
A big rope is tied to 
t float on the surface, 
palm (Trachycarpus 
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