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kaka somewhat, and bag tlie net, but tlie sticks are too stiff to bend much. The secret 

 in catching the uhu, as described to the writer, is the knowledge that the instinct 

 of the fish when disturbed is to dart to the bottom, and the uhu after being enticed 

 into the net b}' the decoy spends its time in trying to swim through the meshes 

 underneath. But one fish is caught with each dipping of this net. 



The scoop net described by 

 Mr. Cobb on page 407^' is known 

 to the natives as knee. There is a 

 scoop net in the colledlions. No. 

 9052, without name or history, 

 which from its appearance might 

 well be used as a kaee also. It has 

 a frame composed of two kuku 3.7 

 feet long, forked at one end ; at 

 the forked end the}' lie 2.3 feet 

 apart, and come together at the 

 others for the handle. Near the 

 handle is a cross piece 8 inches 

 long. Resting in the two forks 

 is a kaka 6 feet long made by join- 

 ing two slight wands. The net, .8 

 inch mesh, was a piece 51 meshes 

 deep and 153 wide, and this has 

 been sewed at the bottom and side 

 by aea, making a bag 76 meshes 

 wide. The top edge of the bag is 

 fastened to the kaka which is 

 somewhat bowed bj- the tension. 

 About the middle of the two kuku, the sides of the bag are tied to the sticks and from 

 the bottom of the bag is a cord reaching to the end of the handles. This net in 

 position lies on the kuku with a wide mouth on the ground held wide open by tlie 

 kaka which is bent around in a semicircle. Behind the mouth and slojjing up 

 towards the hand is the bag. 



UpEna Nae Kuku. — Three specimens, Nos. 756, 757 and 6578, untanned. 

 This is a scoop or bag net, of very fine mesh as indicated by the name. It is shaped 

 like a sack, broader than long, with the end and top open, and gathered at the upper 

 edges. Along part of these edges. Fig. 165, two kuku are tied, with their ends resting 



5= Ibid. 



Fig. 164. SAMPLE OP .4 INCH MESH. 



