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129. Hooks and Lines. — Five principal sizes are used as 

 follows : — 



(1) The largest hook is made of quarter 

 inch iron rod, the bend two inches across. 

 It has along shank, about 10 inches in length, 

 attached to a stout line by an iron rod joint of 

 equal length. This is employed chiefly for 

 sharks ; the bait used is an entire flying-fish. 

 No sinker is employed, and the depth to which 

 the bait is let down is given as from 10 to J 2 

 fathoms. 



(2) The second largest fishing line has 

 a hook six inches long by 1| inch across the 

 bend, attached to a cotton line by two long 

 joints of twisted brass wire. The bait used 

 consists of fragments of flying-fish. 



(3) The third-sized line is armed with 

 two hooks and a sinker arranged in a simple 

 paternoster rig. Fig. 25 depicts the method. 

 The sinker, a piece of coral stone, is tied on 

 between the hooks by a long thread drawn 

 from a young coconut leaf. The bait is a piece 

 of cuttlefish put on high up the hook followed 

 by pieces of flying-fish flesh. The stone sinker 



His tied on in such a manner as to break away 



—as soon as a fish is struck and the line begins 



to be hauled up. Bock-fishes are the chief 



Fig. 26. An Androth 

 " paternoster.' 



"fish caught by this rig. 



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(4) The fourth sized line is rigged in a similar manner 

 with two hooks but in this case a stone sinker is 

 not. tied on; it is simply hitched on the lower 

 hook to carry it to the bottom and then shaken 

 off by a gentle jerk. As weathered coral stones 

 usually have pits and hollows in their surface it is 

 easy to select such as can be hitched lightly 



Uupon hooks. (Fig. 26.) 

 (5) The smallest hook-line used is armed 

 with but one hook and is baited with the abdomen 

 of hermit crab and cubes of tender coconut flesh. 

 4th sized hook No sinker is attached as this gear is used only in 

 AtufauL. Ashing for flying-fish. (Fig. 20.) 

 130. The Androth men are greater fishers than those 

 of Ameni, probably because they are less well off by land. 



