Excerpt from The Preservation of Fishing NetsThe cotton and hemp of which nets, lines, and ropes are made consist of vegetable fibres, which, however strong they may be when new, become weakened by use and by exposure to air and water. They may lose their original strength in two ways - mechanically by wear and tear, chemically by rotting or decomposition, and unless means are taken to prevent it, the conditions to which the materials are exposed in fishing opera tions will cause them to become rotten long before they would be worn out mechanically.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.