Carl Linnaeus, The Lapland Journey, translated by Peter Graves (Edinburgh: Lockharton Press, 1995), p. 186.
Northern Husbandry, 18/09/1732, ¶1079:
The powan nets are 3 foot 6 inches in height, long and fine-meshed: the holes are big enough to put 2 fingers in. They are set out on sandy shores.