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the left side ; the bamboo rod to which one side of the net has been 
made fast is kept horizontal at a short distance from the boat by 
means of the two other rods. Some shrimp (Mysis) are then strewn 
on the right side, and the fish are called together ; some more are 
then strewn on the left side, and when the fish come over it, the 
net is drawn up by means of the ropes. 
This net is used in getting the sardines used as bait for the 
bonito. It is therefore made on a small scale, and the fish caught 
are kept alive in the well of the boat. 
189. Dip Net Fishing. 
On one side of the boat is lowered the net, and on the other 
toll bait is being strewn. 
190. Sardine Drift-net. 4. (One Netting, with barrel buoys), 
This is the form used in the Bay of Tokyo, <A single netting is 
about 150 ft. by about 35 ft., and is made of hemp. The meshes are 
from about 1} in. to about 14 in. The cord of the upper margin ig 
made of hemp, and a lead is attached at every three feet. The 
rope of the lower margin is on the contrary made of the fibres of 
the palm (Trachycarpus excelsa), and at about every four inches a 
wooden float is attached. 
A single boat with six or seven men uses seven or eight nettings 
joined together. Fifty or sixty such boats usually form themselves 
into a line and the net is shot across the course of the sardines. 
This net is worked at night. 
191. Sample of Netting for Sardines, 
192, ” ” 7 ” ” 
PREPARATIONS OF SARDINES. 
The sardines are caught in enormous numbers, and the greater 
part are dried, and made into fertilizer either entire or after the 
oil has been extracted. Recently, however, sardines have been 
canned and smoked, and their value has consequently increased, 
195. Sardines in Oil. 
196. Smoked Sardines, 
Promises to become an article of export 
