NOTES ON FISHING METHODS OF THE SOUTH SEAS. 779 
consisting of a withe bent to the desired shape, and a brace on either 
end which forms a handle. The net is 3 feet deep and made of cocoa- 
nut fiber and cotton webbing. As much cotton is now used as native 
material, it being supplied by traders. It takes two men to handle 
the net; it is held across the mouth of the trap and the fish are driven 
toward it from the other end. As fast as fish are caught they are 
thrown into a canoe. 



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Large Dip Nets, Aitutaki. 
Shark nets are of heavy material, are 40 to 50 feet long, 6 feet deep, 
and have a mesh from 5 to 6 inches. Occasionally sharks enter the 
traps. As soon as one comes in contact with the net, it is wrapped up 
in it, which renders it helpless, and it is then easily dispatched. 
Hook-and-line fishing is carried on outside the lagoon, off the reef, 
the hooks being similar to those described on page 768. This hook was 
at one time the only style in use in most parts of the South Seas. 
The wicker-work fish-traps differ in design from those observed at 
other islands. They average 2 feet in diameter at the bottom, 1 foot 
across the top, and 20 inches high. The mouth or lead is at the top 
