i8o Foniaudcr Collection of Ila^caiiaii folk-lore. 



i6. Squid spearing-. [The fisherman] takes a pule in the sea with which to thrust 

 in the hole, therehy killino- the s(|uid. 



17. 'I'he turtle net. It is forty fathoms long and four fathoms wide. Ten men 

 are necessary to handle this net to despatch a turtle. Not, however, until a turtle is 

 seen floating- on the surface of the sea is the net cast. Sometimes from one to five 

 turtles are taken at one haul. All these dififerent methods of fishin_8^ are done in the sea hy 

 diving- and wadings in actual person, without canoe. This is a summarv of all the differ- 

 ent methods of fishing in the sea, except hy canoes. 



FISHING FROM CANOE. 



1. S(|uid fishing. The cowrie shell is the hait, together with a stone. Spurs 

 which are curved [forming the hook | are fitted hehind the shells wherebv the squid is 

 caught. The shell and the stone are both alike, the scpiid will not seize it if the stone is 

 not identical with the shell ; the stone underneath, the shell on top. A stone is cut to 

 resemble the shell [in size and shape] ; if the shell is sjwtted the stone must be spotted, 

 and so in all other particulars. If the stone and shell are good and exactly alike, the 

 s(|uid will seize it. The man who is in the canoe shakes the line in order to move the shell 

 and stone, which the scjuid pursues to grip. If the shell is a good attraction the catch 

 may amount to forty squids, or perhaps a little less. 



2. Looking for squid. The squid is the fish. A hook with a stone attached 

 forming the liait are the things that catch it. When fishing, chew the kukui*' fnuts] 

 and blow it on the sea to calm it whereby the bottom is made clear, and when the squid 

 is located the hook is let down. There are several varieties of this fish (the squid), and 

 it has a body which it can transform in various ways; that is why the kukui is blown over 

 the sea, to calm it and [permit] the squid [to be] ])lainly seen. Here are the dififerent 

 forms of the s(|uid at dififerent times: In the morning the form resembles that of bread- 

 fruit, that is, the skin. Toward noon it is red. In the afternoon it is brown, sim- 

 ilar to seaweed. In the evening it is dark like the coral. All s(|uid, both large and small, 

 change in the same way. Therefore those who are not learned in discerning the squid are 

 not fit to go out on this kind of fishing. 



3. The /(/;( [net|. This net is fourteen fathoms long and is of two kinds. If the 

 net is fourteen fathoms long many people will take ])art in the fishing. It means this: 

 Three times forty fathoms is the length of the rope to which ki leaves are fastened in 

 small bundles. If the net is nine fathoms long the leaf rope is six times forty fathoms. 

 The dry leaves of the ki ])lant are used for the purpose, and the bark of the hau*'^ is the 



''Kukui (Alcuritcs mohiccana). The chewed nuts and of such size as the purpose in hand required. It 



produced the same effect on trou1)Ied waters as the was with three cables of twelve strands of hau in the 



modern use of oil. effort to haul the Cleopatra's Barge from her stranded 



"Hau (Piu-itium tilhiccum). The bark of the hau position in the bay of Hanalei, in 1824, that the unaided 



in long strips, furnislied excellent material for heavy muscular strength of an unmensc team of natives rolled 



cord and even rope, made up while fresh and green, or I'le vessel over on her keel and broke ofif the mainmast 



if dried, by soaking it in water to render it pliable. •" which the cables were attached. 

 It was made by plaiting, rather tlian in twisted strands, 



