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the water rifes more than ordinary ; they place 

 them along the more, but leave openings on 

 both ends of the row of bamboo bafkets, 

 where they lie quite ftill with their fampanes 

 or boats, fo that the fifties which fwim along 

 the fliore may not be flopped from entering 

 them ; but in the infide they meet with a row 

 of bamboo bafkets, which are placed crofs- 

 ways towards the ihore, and flop them from 

 going back. As foon as the water again be- 

 gins to run off, they fill up this fpace with the 

 like bafkets, the fpace of ground grows dry 

 when the water has left it, and then they go 

 down and gather up the fifh. They likewife 

 make ufe of a fwimming net faflened between 

 two boats, with which they go up and down 

 and catch the fhoals of fifh coming in their 

 way during the tide. 



They likewife ufe great nets faflened be- 

 tween two bamboo poles, with which they 

 fifh both on their fea voyages and in the river* 



They ufe worms and crabs as baits on their 

 hooks, with which they catch eels and fmall 

 fifh. They likewife make ufe of long, low 

 fampanes with white coloured boards on the 

 fides ; in thefe fampanes they keep a little fire 



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