mel-nel  (ouiu,  ipmit)  waa  nude  with  a  bog
{n*fipa\e,,  Xen.  de  VnaL  ji.  7),  intended  to
ceive  the  aninial  when  ebaaed  toward*  the  ertre-
ity  of  the  inclotnre.  Within  thia  bag,  if  we  mar
«11  it,  were  placed  brancha  of  Uee*,  to  keep  it
^jmnded  ozid  to  decoy  the  aniitiali  by  makina  it
inviaible.  The  word*  l^»i  or  «im  ue  naed  me-
taphoriaUy  to  denote  loine  certain  method  of  do-
ion,  and  aro  more  particularly  applinl,  a*
u  i/ufpHMiBTpor,  which  will  be  ei^ined
immediately,  to  the  large  thawl  in  which  Clylem-
-Htia  enveloped  her  huibond  in  order  to  murder
im.  (Aeachyl.  JsoiB,  10B5,  1346,1353,  CVmL
BS,  Emmet.  112.)
111.  Fi»hing-net«  (iMnwiai  tlirrva,  Diod.  Sic
•iL  43,  p.  193,  Wen.)  w«n  of  *ii  diffi^mt  kinda,
which  are  enrunemted  tiy  0[ipma  (HaL  iii  BD— 82)

Tiytaiia  t',  f,V  fiiroxal  ntpniyitt,  ifii  mrpiyia,
'AAAa  St  KMkiiaiiauat  uaAip/iara.
Of  theae  by  br  the  moat  tomniaa  wen  tba
^ICAqrTpDr,  or  caatini-net  (Jymh,  jacabm,
niitacahm)  and  the  irwrtni,  i".  e.  the  drag-net,  or
aian  {tragnm,  laid.  Hiap.  Orig.  xii,  4  ;  (n^jfWo,
eemciJiiia).  Cooaequenlly  theae  two  are  the  only
kind*  mentioned  by  Vii^l  in  Gtorg.  L  141,  142.
and  by  OtH  in  Ar.  AmaL  L  763,  764.  Of  the
KoMiww  we  find  nowhere  any  fivtber  mention.
We  are  alao  ignorant  of  the  eiacl  form  and  nae  of
the  Ypi'^t,  although  it*  compoiatire  utility  may
be  in^rred  from  the  mention  of  it  in  eonjunctioii
with  the  •can  and  caating-net  b;  Arlemidania  (IL
14)  and  Plotanh  {n^  .Mufi.  toL  t.  p.  838,  ed.
Slcph.).  We  know  no  more  of  the  yiyyaiiar.
