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strips makes this arrangement into a kind of pliable fence. This, by 

 means of canoes, is brought round through the water back to the shore 

 till it describes rather more than a semi-circle. The bringing round of 

 the rope serves to chase all the fish that are between it and the shore 

 towards the mouths of the big wickerwork traps which are placed in a 

 row in the shallow water. The women, at the same time, walk up and 

 down dragging traps of smaller mesh, in which they collect numbers of 

 small fish. A good deal of fish-spearing takes place at night bv torch- 





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435- JA-LUO OUT FISHING IN KAVIRONDO I!AY WITH SEINES OF PAPYRUS STALKS 



light. The Ja-luo fishermen state that they get the best hauls of fish 

 after a downpour of rain. Hafts of ambatch wood similar to those in 

 use on the Nile are employed in laving out the nets. The Nyakach 

 people of the south shore of Kavirondo Bay fish to a great extent with 

 hook and line. The Ja-luo canoes are small dug-outs of poor appearance. 

 Large quantities of fish are split and dried in the sun and sent inland 

 to exchange for game. 



Both sexes smoke and chew tobacco, but only old men smoke hemp 

 through water-pipes. Boys and young men in the prime of life are not 

 allowed to smoke hemp, as it is thought injurious to their manhood. 



