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162. Map showing Distribution of Plecoglossus altivelis. 
APPARATUS FOR AYU FISHING. 
Nets, lines, and traps are used. Beside these there is a peeuliar 
mode of fishing with tame cormorants called ukai. 
163. Fishing Rods for Ayu (With scrip, dipper, and net- 
bag). 
164. Hooks for Ayu. 
A collection of the different forms of fly hooks used all over 
Japan, and of ordinary hooks employed in different parts of the 
country. 
165. Ayu Scare-cord Net (with scare-cord). 3h. 
This consists of a receiving-net and a scare-cord. The former is 
made of hemp, and its meshes are about one inch. The scare-cord 
is also made of hemp and is from two hundred to two hundred 
and fifty feet in length. It bears at intervals short branch lines, 
also of hemp, to the extremities of which are attached feathers of 
the cormorant. A single man keeps the receiving-net open against 
the current while four men scare the fish down the stream with the 
cord, and drive them into the net. 
166. Silken Casting-net. 
167. Hempen Casting-net. 
168. Ayu Fishing with Tame Cormorants, or Ukai. About 
zs: 
A single wkai-boat of the River Nagara in the province of Mino, 
A dragon is placed at the prow to help the maneuvers of the 
cormorants, The men are four in number, of whom two manage the 
boat and the other two the cormorants. The skill with which the 
men handle the birds is truly wonderful. The man near the prow 
usually manages twelve birds, and when one of them swallows four 
or five fish he draws it to him by the cord with which it is tied, 
and by pressing its throat squeezes the fish out into a tray beside 
him. In doing this, he is always sure to pick out the right cord, 
and not the least entanglement occurs. The large basket with 
the wooden cover is used for keeping the cormorants in, This 
mode of fishing is said to have begun more than one thousand 
years ago, 
