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Show LIKE A BUTTERFLY NET, i)uer Contrivance Used by the' Filipino Fili-pino When He SetB Out to Capture Cap-ture a Mess of FUh, , An' odd sort of fish catching- contrivance con-trivance used In the Philippine Islands may be seen at tho New York aqua-Hum.. aqua-Hum.. It Is nn open work, dome shaped thing' nbout two feet in height and two feet acrosn In Its widest part,, at tho bottom, made of thin strips of a' native wood. The uppor ends of these' strips re brought closely together around n elrclo of wood nt the top, while- from there they spread out uniformly wider and wider apart llko tho wires In the top part of a round top bird' cage. Up under theso Btrlps, about six Inches below the top, Is set a wooden hoop, to which each of tho slats Is bound, and over this hoop the slats are strung with a slight curvo, to be hold In shape and at unform distances apart, by a tie run around a couple of Inches above tholr bottom ends. So that this Is an opon dome shaped contrlvanco-made of slender curving vortical ribs; and In Its construction It shows nlco- workmanship. work-manship. Tho Island fisherman uses this flsh catcher In catching flsh much ns a boy uses his hat In catching but-terfllos; but-terfllos; he claps It down over bucIi comparatively sluggish and bottom feeding flsh as ho can get near enough to for thnt purpose, and through nn opening in tho top of the catcher he reaches down Insldo of It to seize tho ashes thus caught. |