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Pomander Collection of Hazvaiian Folk-lore. 



FISH AND METHODS OF FISHING. DRV (OR SHORE) FISHING. 



1. Holiaiiiaii.'- 'J'his method of fisliing is done on moonlight nights. When the 

 moon rises the tide ebbs ; then the women go fishing along the shore ; along the rocky 

 ledges and boulders, and coral reefs where the surf breaks. This mode of fishing is by 

 feeling with the hands, with the fingers curved.'' These are the fishes caught: hecpali" 

 olali,''' lion'" awela.^' nilioloa''' inanonalo'^ f^aolakei.-" /^aokamvila,'" paohiahinc.-" 



2. Holoholo.'' Fishing with a net, going to and fro along shore. The name 

 of the net is holoJwlo, [formed of] a piece of wood two fathoms long with the net tied 

 in a circular manner to the wood, which is flexible, called alalice." The place where 

 the sea ebbs swiftly is the place where the net is to be let down. One person holds 

 the net and one drives the fish. Fishes to be [thus] caught are: f//;;/," kalai'* nzvou- 

 z^'oa.'" nianini,'" nenne.'' 



3. A standing aloiloi net. There is no i^lace where it can not be cast, being 

 adapted to both deep and shallow sea fishing. The fisherman stands on the shore and 

 casts the net. These are the fishes of this net: Aloiloi, liinalea,"" lanliau."''' 



4. Eel snatching. Here is the method: It is hand fishing, the bait being held 

 in the right hand, the left hand snatching [the eel]. These are the baits: Aania!'" paiea 

 (rock crabs), and heepali. The place for this kind of fishing is along the black rocky 

 seashore, the same as Kohala's coast. There the fishing is done at high tide and when 

 the sea is boisterous. The only fish to be caught is the eel. 



5. The kikonio^' It is a hook placed at the head of a short rod one fathom in 

 length. The place for fishing is a cleft in the rocks. Eels also are the fish to be 

 caught. 



6. Angling. The fishing rod is three fathoms long, made of bambu, and of 

 lian. The cord is also three fathoms long. Aania, ina (sea eggs), pea (starfish), and 

 heepali is the bait used. The place of fishing is at a headland or other suitable place. 

 Fishes to be caught by this method of fishing are: ;//;;(, lialaliala."- lion, aazva,''^ oopnkai^'* 

 liinalea, anilioloa,'"^ azvela,"" 



7. Kaee. The net is called nae, a net of very small mesh, and the place of 

 fishing is the rocky floors covered with a very thin sheet of water. All kinds of small 



''Hahainau, a term for hand fishing by feeling for and 

 seizing such as arc found in rocl<y ledges of the sea- 

 coast. It is not confined to night search, though it is 

 naturally governed by the tide. 



'■'Ready for quickly clutcliing, or closing upon tlie prey. 



"Hccfali, small rock squid (Oclofms).' 



^'Ohili (Tlialassoma f'trpurcuin). 



"Hon, snoring-fish (Tluilitssoinu l^urpurcttm). 



"Au'cla (Tlialassoma fttrpurcuiii). 



"Xiholoa, unclassed. 



"MaiiaiuiiKilo, unclassed. 



"Paohikci, Paokauila, Paohiahinc, all unclassed. 



-'Hololioh. a running after, here and there, in one's 

 search, hence the name. Tlie net here described is 

 now known as upcna poo, head net. 



--Alahcc, known also as zaalchce (Plcctronia odorata). 

 The use of this wood for a circular net frame, on ac- 

 count of flexibility, must be of young plants or slender 



branches, as the mature tree furnishes a close-grained, 

 hard and durable wood. 



^Uhu, wrasse-fish (Julis Icpoinis, Callyodoii liiicatiis). 



''Kala, surgeon-fish (Acaniliunis unicornis). 



~'Uonoa, mullet (Cliacnoniiigil chaptalii). 



'"Manini, surgeon-lish (llcpatus sand'a'ichciisis). 



''Ncnuc, rudder-fish ( Kyplwsiis fnscns). 



"Hinalca, wrasse-fish (Tluilassoinu ballicui). 



^Laubau, butterfly-fish (Chaclodon quadriniacuiatusj. 



^Aaina, crab. 



'^Kikomo (not identified), 



"Halahala, not classed; a fish resembling the uhii ex- 

 cept in the colorings. 



"Aawa (Lcpidaplois albotucnialus). 

 "Oopukai (Cirrhitus marnioratus). 

 '"Aniholoa, unclassed. 

 "'Awcia CJ'luilossonia purpnrcum). 



