The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 336
ibed more fully below. Nets. The only net used bysportsmen is the landing net, to takea fish out of the water when it hasbeen brought to the surface by meansof the hook and line. It is merely asmall net stretched over a hoop ofwood or metal, and provided with awooden handle. A small net, called a… … Fig. 30.Head of Fish Spear. together the ends of the prongs of aforked sapling to form a hoop, leav-ing the mainstem for thehandle, andthen sewingaround the hoopa bag of mos-quito-netting. Spears. Eels,p ic kerel, andmany other fishare sometimestaken withspears (Fig. 30),especially inwinter,…
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