TANNING THE NETS.—Landlubbers passing along Fanshawe Street, puzzled by fishermen dipping their nets in steaming cauldrons, are surprised to learn that fishing nets are tanned like leather, but hardly to the same extent. Tan and water are boiled in big drums in -which the net* are dipped and then dried. Tan is a strong preservative and sails are often treated in the same way—hence the "brown sails" that figure so largely in song and story.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 233, 1 October 1932, Page 7
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75TANNING THE NETS.—Landlubbers passing along Fanshawe Street, puzzled by fishermen dipping their nets in steaming cauldrons, are surprised to learn that fishing nets are tanned like leather, but hardly to the same extent. Tan and water are boiled in big drums in -which the net* are dipped and then dried. Tan is a strong preservative and sails are often treated in the same way—hence the "brown sails" that figure so largely in song and story. Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 233, 1 October 1932, Page 7
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