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Summer.
Figs. 65, 66, and 67.Regular-made Dredge, Broomstick and Old Chain Tangle.
A Tin-Pail Dredge.

Take any old tin bucket, knock the bottom out, and attach a piece of coffee sack for a net. Tie bunches of hemp to the rim, first punching holes for the purpose, and you will have a makeshift dredge like the one in the tail-piece that only requires a few minutes to manufacture. Even with such a crude apparatus as this, many things may be captured for the cabinet or aquarium, the