NOTES ON FISHING METHODS OF THE SOUTH SEAS. 773 
the main portion of the trap from the underneath side of the funnel. 
In trying to find a way of escape from a trap, fish usually seek places 
near the middle or top, and by having the outlet concealed near the 
bottom, there is little chance for escape. The fish are removed through 
a door in the rear. 
Traps are set both in shallow and deep water, near the edge of coral 
patches, or further offshore, in deep water, close to the fringing reef; 
also in ravines, runways, and holes among the coral, where the choicest 






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of fish exist, that can not be caught except by trap. A trap may be 
set in a well-selected place for 24 hours or more, without taking a 
single fish; and then again a dozen may be caught in a few hours. 
Fish inhabiting waters adjacent to coral reefs are very erratic, and a 
fair catch made in a particular locality one day is no sign that the 
same thing can be repeated the next day. 
It is stated that no natives of Tahiti use traps of their own inven- 

