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Bopes and their Attachments in the Construction of the 



Muro-ami 



The bottom line was likewise made of 2 Manila ropes; an 

 outer 3-inch, right-laid and an inner 2 l/4-inch, left-laid ropes. 

 To each end of the 40-foot tot torn line of the "bag was tied a 25- 

 pound stone weight with no other leads or sinkers in hetween. To 

 the "bottom line of the wings, 2-po\ind stone weights v;ere tied at 6- 

 foot intervals. 



Accessories to the operetion of this gear were water tele- 

 scopes for spotting submerged concentrations of fishes, water goggles 

 and vertical scarelines or "pendants" used by each individvial swimmer 

 in the act of driving the fish into the bag. These pendants consisted 

 of a line of strung buri or coco-palm leaves, weighted at the bottom 

 end and floated at the top end. 



The fishing operation consisted of locating a good-sized 

 school of reef fishes, especially caesios, in waters of from 5 to 

 10 fathoms. This was done with the aid of a water telescope. lh.e 

 direction of the current was noted, and the bag was payed out 

 opposite its direction. In the meantime, from five to six fishermen 



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