ar 
current, but is said also to sink at times to the bottom. The 
sardine feeds on small crustaceans such as Mysis, and is attracted 
by torch-light. Spawning takes place in the spring. 
No. 179. Map showing Distribution of Sardines, 
APPARATUS FOR SARDINE FISHING, 
Both nets and lines are used. The latter are, however, limited 
to certain small districts, while the former are extensively used 
and have been greatly improved, there being no less than twenty 
different types of them. 
No. 180. Sardine Ground-Seine (with barrel-baoy and drag-ropes). 
100: 
This net is used at Kujikuri in the province of Kazusa. It 
consists of a pocket and two wings. The pocket is made of 
hemp, with meshes of from ~ to % of an inch and is about 150 
ft. long. The wings are about 1150 feet long, and are made partly 
of hemp and partly of straw. The hempen portion has meshes of 
from } of an inch to about two inches and a half; and the straw 
portion has meshes of about one foot. ‘The wings and the pocket 
can be separated from each other. The drag-ropes are made of 
three strands coiled together, and are a little over one inch thick 
and 105 or 110 feet long. From sixty to eighty such ropes are 
usually provided ready for use. 
If a shoal is detected two boats row out with the separate por- 
tions of the net. A little before reaching the shoal, the pocket 
and the wings are joined together ; the former is then cast first and 
the shoal is gradually encircled with the wings. When these 
come to an end, the drag-ropes are cast and the net is hauled 
on shore. 
No. 181. Sardine Ground-seine Fishing. 
A scene at the Kujtkuri in the province of Kazusa. 
No. 182. Sardine Circle-net. 4. 
This net is called hassaku-ami by the native fishermen. It is a 
circle-net, and is used off the coast of the province of Hidachi. It 
consists of a central portion and two wings. It is usually separated 
at the middle into two equal portions, and these are joined together 
when the net is being used. The central portion is made of hemp, 
and is 400 ft. long, the meshes being from about.& of an inch to a 
