FISHES. 



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projects into tlie air along curved pole resembling 

 a crane. At some distance from the end, this 

 divides into two branches, which diverge from 

 each other. The foot is secured in a sort of 

 socket between the two canoes, and is so managed 



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TAHITIAN ANGLING. 



that the ends of the pole are capable of being 

 lowered or elevated by a rope, wdiich proceeds 

 from the fork. A man sits in the high stern, 

 holding this rope in his hand, and w^atching the 

 capture of the fishes. From the end of each pro- 

 jecting arm depends the line, with the pearl-hook 

 fashioned to resemble the Flying-ffsh. To in- 

 crease the deception, bunches of feathers are 

 fastened to the tips of the arms, to represent 

 those aquatic birds which habitually follow the 

 Flying-fish in its course, to seize it in the air. 



