398 KAMAKICHI KISHINOn.-E : 



ca 37 m. A line from each basket Ls divided into three seclioDS by five buov- 

 lines, two of which are attached to l»th ends. Each section is again subdivided 

 into four by three gangings, the middle of which is the longer one. This long 

 line is generally worked at night. The long line fishery of tunnies seems to 

 have first been tried near the mouth of Tokyo Bay, alx)ut three centimes ago, 

 and it was inti-odueed in recent years to other parts of our country. Formerly 

 a peculiar kind of fishing line for tunnies was used in the central and western 

 parts. The Hne is about 200 m in length, and is woimd round a small liaiTel, 

 leaving about one quarter of the line to hang free. At the end of the free 

 portion a hook dressed with a live Imit is attached. A boat, with a crew 

 of about half a dozen men, Cames ten or more lines, which they leave in the 

 sea to ch'ift. Wheu a timny bites the hook, the baiTcl sinks at once, but as 

 the wound part of the Kne becomes loose, the ban-el arises ■nhirliug. 



In the bonito fishery rod and line, ti'oll hue, and long line are used, but 

 the first is most extensively used. As lx>mtos swim near the surface and 

 do not descend to deeper strata of water, the fishiug Avith rod and line is 

 simple and convenient, no sinkei-s are used. It is remarkable that fisHng of 

 bonito with rod and line is done in our country and at Miuikoy, a small 

 island in the Indian Ocean, in nearly the same way. For tlie rod a bamboo- 

 stem of about seven metres is used. Around the thicker eud of the stem a 

 string is roughly wound to prevent the hand from slipping. The line is 

 nearly the same in length as the rod, and about 30 cm of the terminal 

 portion is dyed with indigo. The hook lacks the bai-b, and is di-essed with 

 living sai'dine or anchovy. Fishermen hold their rods in such a way as to 

 a low the living bait to swim at the sm-faee of the sea. With artificial bait 

 short rods of about tlii-ee and half metres and a line of 120 cm long and of 

 thick diameter are used. "While fishiug, living fish ai'e thiowu as tole bait 

 fra* and near. 



Drift Net.^. 



Drift nets for different scombroid fishes difler in the size of meshes, depth, 

 length, and the thickness of the twine. For small fishes drift nets are gill- 

 net?, but for tunnies there is no gill-net. Drift nets for scombroid fishes are 

 generally worked in warm seasons. Di-ift nets for tunnies and bonitos ai-e 



