]R8 Vnrnoudcr CoUcct'wn of IJawaiian I'olk-lorc. 



prolong-ed vitalit\-. 'I'he alii will bear away three times before it dies. It has a very 

 large body, fat and full of meat. Its meat is like that of a pig in thickness. 



17. Opchi fishing. The net is six fathoms long, with squash as bait. 



18. The liolaliola"^ (poison) net. Here is the method: Surround the fish hole 

 with the net, then scatter the poison, thus killing the fishes. 



19. The iao. A iiac net is used for its catching, a very fine-meshed net. It is 

 exactly two fathoms long. Here is the description: [the net] two fathoms; two men to 

 handle it, the beaters coming towards the front of the net. Two kinds of fish are caught 

 with this net. the iao"' and the iicliu."^ 



20. The akii."* A fishing pole is used for securing this fish, with iao as bait. 

 The iao is a decnv, it allures the akii then the hook and line is thrnvNii whereby the akii is 

 secured. 



21. The k'olo net. This net is made of very strong-fibered rushes, four times 

 forty fathoms long, and three fathoms in height. Many people are required to draw it, 

 some in canoes and some on dry land. 



OF nk;iit Fisnixc;. 



1. /\;( kaiila. The catch is the itlua''' the haliala. and so forth. The line and 

 sinker is let down, the line being forty fathoms long. Mying-fish, lobster, Iclcf'o and so 

 forth are used for bait. In the afternoon [the fisherman] sets sail, arriving [at the fish- 

 ing grounds I in the evening. When the weight is let ddwn it is dark; the ulna and 

 other fish are caught during the night. 



2. Kapapa ulna. The canoe is paddled along, at the same time making a noise In- 

 striking the paddles against the canoe. The ulna hears it and follows the canoe, then 

 the line and hook is payed out and the ulna is caught. 



^. U'clca.'''' The line is nine fathoms long, with a hook; hiiialca. aazi^a. iiioaiio''' 

 and so forth being its bait. 



4. Awcoicco.'"* Its fish line is six fathoms long, with a hook; paoo being its bait. 



5. Shark fishing. It is an entangling, large net, forty fathoms long and four 

 fathoms high. Many sharks are caught in this net. 



6. The flTi'fl net. This net is called maliac. the meaning thereof being four 

 fingers in a bunch may be run through a mesh. It is three times forty fathoms long and 

 three fathoms high. Encircling is the method ajiplied in this kind of fishing, with a ca- 

 noe at either end and moving in a circle until the fish which collect at one place are 

 caught, because it is the habit of this fish, the azu'a,"" to eat sea moss together at the same 



"Holahola is the stupefying of fish by the use of the the fly is taken by the fish. This was the iisli ior which 



poisonous shrub o/iif/ni rCrarni furfurca) applied to the the old-time pearl hooks were used, 



caves or cavities along the reefs or rocky coasts, the '"Ulua, cavalia (Carangus latus). 



habitat of aholcholc, hinalca. kumu. maiiiiii, fuaula and '"Welca. lizard-fish (Tnuhinoccfhalus mvops). 



zwkc, the varieties caught by this method. »'Mon»o. goat-fish (Priacanthus cruentatus) fPscudu- 



'''{(10, not classified; better known as luio. snmlar to pencils innltifasciotus). 



the iirlui, but with decided scales which the latter has ,. . 1 c /n ■ ,1 , . -1 



.-itc'fotcro, catalnfa ( rnacaiithns nucntatus). 



as, , 1 /<;,,,, I '"Awa, milk-fish (Cluinos chmios). The iitt'ii referred 



Nchu. anchovy (Amhovn, t^m^uca) ^^ ,^^^^'.^ ^^^ ^^^^,^, kahmohc. a large fish of the color 



".-J /^H. bonito, caught with rod and fly. IhcbaUisthe _.,„j ^^^.^^ ^f (he unac (sea mullet), onlv it is nuich 



iHio which IS cast into the sea, prcferal)ly alive. The i.,rger in size, some being as long as s^'x feet, and easilv 



iihii follows the l)ait, wliicli is cast from the rear end ,^.„ inches thick at the largest p.irt. It is shaped verv 



of the canoe. The rod and fly meanwhile arc cast and ,„nch like the salmon. The iiu'.i is a hard fighter. 



