1 84 ['oniaiidcr CoUcctlou of Ilaimiiau Polk-Jorc. 



tlien the poles are thrust in the sea. The fish are thereby friohtened into the net in an 

 angry and mighty rush. Such is the method of this fishing. 



8. Flying-fish net. This is a large net, being eighteen fathoms long and six fath- 

 oms high, and the mouth is twelve fathoms long. This is a fine-meshed net. 'J'hese are 

 the names of the different kinds of these nets: inikiiiiiikii a itla. single mesh, double mesh, 

 trii)le mesh. Many canoes carry this net, about thirty. Sometimes one canoe carries the 

 net ; sometimes five, and so on. The net canoe leads with six men aboard ; the paddle- 

 men are called "flying-fish paddlers." The canoes are paddled uniformly when encompass- 

 ing [the fish I without one slacking backward; when near the net the canoes are backed, 

 then the net is drawn in. There are two canoes allotted for receiving the fish, a younger 

 and an elder '' canoe. The younger canoe is the one belonging to the net owner ; the 

 elder canoe is that belonging to the paddle men. The tally fish belongs to the wife of the 

 net owner. In the net canoe there are three apportionments ; the steersman in the stern 

 of the canoe, the paddler in the bow of the canoe, and the midship paddler. These are 

 the different men who share their apportionment"' with the net owner. 



9. The kapac. This method of fishing is done during windy days. The fish is 

 the flying-fish. The line is twenty-seven fathoms long. This fish is caught with hook 

 baited with lobster, or fiying-fish meat. The wind and tide bear these. This fish, the 

 flying-fish is buoyant on the sea, and so is the line ; thus this fish is caught. Thirty and 

 less of these flying-fish are caught in this method of fishing. 



10. The kohcohco. K oh colico is a \:)iece of ^vilrwili wood with a live flying-fish 

 attached. The line is five fathoms long, the object is to allure the dolphin, and when it be- 

 comes ferocious the line and hook is thrown. When the fish bites the i)addling of the ca- 

 noe ceases. The dolphin is a very game fish when caught with a hook, it is a great 

 struggler and snorts when leaping up. A large fish is a fathom and over, long, and a 

 small fish is iititku (four and a half feet). A large fish is called a lapalapa, also ao, hav- 

 ing- a breadth of a vard from the forehead to the mouth. Here are the different names 

 of thedol|)hin: Lapalapa. oa and papaoJic. The principal food of this fish, the dolphin, 

 are flying-fish, Iclcpo and piihikii. 



11. Kaliala"" fishing. Five times forty fathoms is the length of the line. This 

 fish requires an abundance of line, and hooks also. The abode of this fish is a koa [sta- 

 tion or ground]. This fish does not live in any other part of the sea, only at a koa. 

 This is a small mound in the bottom of the ocean; a deep pit is different from this. It is 

 a plain mound not fully cognizant to the fisherman, but by letting down the hook and line 

 it is learned that the koa is good, the hook does not entangle. 



The koa (station ) is a place of great enjoyment by all the kalialas. The size of the 

 station is about the same as that of a small village with houses standing and the people 

 gathered in crowds. According to the depth to the koa, so is the length of the line. 

 Forty hooks are attached to a line when letting down, some less, some more. A stone 



"The younger and elder canoes likely indicate rela- time in each hand at their discharging or handling, each 



live size for the division of the catch. These terms are throw of the hands heing a kauiui. The division of net 



not known to present-day fishermen. hauls in lisliing was of necessity done on reaching 



■••'As a rule the canoe owner received one-third of th.' shore wliile line-lishing permitted this to he done at 



catch, tlie helpers (paddlers and fishermen) look two sea, if desired, as the hsh were caught, 



thirds. Fish are counted hy fours, termed a hiiiiiui. '"Kaluila, amlier-lish (Sirriuhi I'lirfurtiscciis). 

 This comes from the custom of seizing two lisli at ;i 



