. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. 270 THE â 4i wn PI n, ' "'^"â¢^^'"'P 'y" '" ^ ^'^''T «Ji"rt time after being takm out of tlio watei ami i, ot this pvoi)erty, tlie London costennongens are permitted to Zl: 'f'"' "^' ''^'1","" ^''"â¢'â¢'^y^-'""^1' to , of peaceable o den A\lio long for repose and do not want jNIackarel. Tins lish is taken both by nets and lines, the nets be
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. 270 THE â 4i wn PI n, ' "'^"â¢^^'"'P 'y" '" ^ ^'^''T «Ji"rt time after being takm out of tlio watei ami i, ot this pvoi)erty, tlie London costennongens are permitted to Zl: 'f'"' "^' ''^'1","" ^''"â¢'â¢'^y^-'""^1' to , of peaceable o den A\lio long for repose and do not want jNIackarel. Tins lish is taken both by nets and lines, the nets being of two kinds, one called the onfbvtl ^"« â¢^1 the boat a oilier keeps the rope straight and the net u])right. As the .Alackarel come swimming alongrHiey are arrested by the net, which thev cannot sec", on of the thin twine of which it is made, and the large which are about two am ahalf inches in diameter. The head slips through tbe ie muldle of the body is too large and cannot pass. When the fish attera],ts to remle open gdl-covers become hitched in the meshes, and .so retain it in that uncomfortable position until the net is haided in. uucomiorwuK Tins is a delicate and ditlicult 0]ieration, especially when the take of fisli is heavy Mr. Yarnd mentions that m June, 180S, tli," nets were so heavily h,aded that the tisherl men could not haul them in or even ke-p them atloat, so that they were ibrced to cut the dnft-ro],es and let the nets sink and be lost. The nets on this were worth nearly pounds, not including the value of the fish. In the seine-net, the fish are taken by surrounding a shoal with the net, which is made With very small meshes, iuul either gently hauled to the surface, so that the inclosed fish can he dipped out, or even drawn iishore and then emptied. Fishing for IMackarel with a line is also a protitable mode of taking these , althouLrli tiiey cannot be caught in such multitud.'s a
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