It is probable, one may suppose, that originally one Chapter referred to the fowlers, the ⁂⁂⁂⁂, who use the clap-net, and the other to the fishermen, the ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂, who use the drag-net. But in the form in which these Chapters appear in the three best texts where they have been preserved, London, 9900 (_Aa_), Paris, III, 93 (_Pb._), and the papyrus of _Nu_, fowlers and fishermen are mixed together. The text of 153A is very corrupt, and seems to differ greatly from the original. The variants between the chief documents are considerable, and show that the understanding of it was nearly lost. It probably had two different versions, which have been cast into one, since after the first two-thirds it begins over again and nearly repeats itself. The Turin text contains only 153A, and that even much shorter, but it is followed by a rubric, which is absent from the Theban version. The translation is made from the three above-named documents. The vignette of 153A, in the papyrus III, 93, of the Louvre (_Pb_), shows a clap-net drawn by four men. Behind it comes the deceased, holding in his hand two instruments mentioned in the text: the ⁂ and the ⁂, called ⁂⁂⁂⁂ or ⁂⁂⁂ each of them consists of different parts having a distinct name. In the papyrus of _Nu_ the deceased is seen drawing the rope of the net. In the vignette of London, 9900 (_Aa_), he is supposed to do the same. 1. Among the dangers to which the deceased is exposed is that of being caught in a net by hidden genii, who will treat him as is done to water-fowl or fishes. But he escapes from this peril, because he knows the names of the fowlers and fishermen who intend to attack him, and also of the net itself, and of the various parts of which it consists. All these names are mystical; they are connected with some divinity, and this gives them a magical power, owing to which the deceased can make his escape. 2. I suppose this means fishermen, sons of fishermen. 3. Litt. the hands: the bars, the sides of the frame of the net. 4. The fingers are often mentioned when we should say the hand. The act or the wound is attributed to the fingers. “Whose fingers are hidden,” means he who hides the hand with which he will strike. 5. ⁂. The instrument in the hand of the deceased. Though the determinative is ⁂, it does not necessarily mean that it is made of wood; it may be the determinative of weapons in general. It has prongs, which are compared to nails or claws, so that it probably is a weapon like the bident for spearing fishes, the tines of which are held together by a string (Wilkinson, _Manners and Customs_, 2nd edition, Vol. II, p. 107). Otherwise it is not unlike a netting needle (Wilkinson, _loc. cit._, p. 175). If it is a weapon, one does not very well understand why it is said to belong to the net.