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The scare-cord is made of hemp and is about 3750 feet long. 
To it are attached at intervals of two feet thin rectangular pieces 
of wood, Also to keep the cord in a horizontal position at a 
proper depth, stones and barrel buoys are tied to it. 
To work the net, each end of the scare-cord is kept by a boat. 
The two boats keeping at a convenient distance from each other 
row in conjunction, and gathering together the scattered fish, 
scare them on to the net which is kept spread by two other boats 
which also gather it in after the fish have entered. 
No. 32. Tai Scare-cord Seine Fishing. 
The two boats in the distance haye done their work with the 
cord, and the men in the other two boats have almost drawn up 
the net and are bailing out the fish from it, 
PREPARATIONS OF TAT, 
The Tui is preserved in various ways, viz., with salt, by being 
opened and dried; or by being boiled and crushed; or again by 
being made into wafers. Salting is however the chief means of 
preservation. 
No. 33. Tai Wafers. 
These are excellent for making soup. Neither taste nor color 
is affected by lapse of time. 
No. 34. Mashed Tai, (Jap. Tai-Dembu). 
This is very excellent for making broth. It has a delicate 
flavor which is very delicious. The price is about 50 sen a pound. 
No. 35. Salt Tai. 
This is lar 
gely made along the southern Pacific coasts of 
Japan ; 
more than ten thousand casks being produced every year. 
The price varies according to the size and quality of the fish 
salted, but about five yen a hundred pounds may be taken as the 
current wholesale price, 
No. 36. Chrysophrys hasta, Bleek. (Jap. Kuvro-Dat). 
Alcoholic specimen. 
No. 37. Sebastes Sp. (Jap. Mebaru) 
Alcoholic specimen, 
No. 38. Apistus Matsubare, Hilgd. (Jap. Ako). 
Alcoholic specimen. 
