strandes, and each strand of three threads],[5] five spans[6] in
depth,[7] and two palms[8] at the nooses or pockets.[9] There should
be no knots in the cords that run round, which should be so inserted
as to run quite smoothly.[10] The road net should be twelve-threaded,
and the larger net (or haye) sixteen. They may be of different sizes,
the former varying from twelve to twenty-four or thirty feet, the
latter from sixty to one hundred and twenty or one hundred and eighty
feet.[11] If larger they will be unwieldy and hard to manage. Both
should be thirty-knotted, and the interval of the nooses the same as
in the ordinary small nets. At the elbow ends[12] the road net should
be furnished with nipples[13] (or eyes), and the larger sort (the
haye) with rings, and both alike with a running line of twisted cord.
The pronged stakes[14] for the small nets should be ten palms
high,[15] as a rule, but there should be some shorter ones besides;
those of unequal length will be convenient to equalise the height on
uneven ground, and those of equal length on level. They should be
sharp-tipped so as to draw out easily[16] and smooth throughout. Those
for the road nets should be twice the height,[17] and those for the
big (haye) nets five spans long,[18] with small forks, the notches not
deep; they should be stout and solid, of a thickness proportionate to
their length. The number of props needed for the nets will vary--many
or few, according to circumstances; a less number if the tension on
the net be great, and a larger number when the nets are slack.[19]

[3] Phasian or Carchedonian. Cf. Pollux, v. 26.

[4] {arkus, enodia, diktua}.

[5] [L. Dind. brackets.] See Pollux, v. 27, ap. Schn.