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As a convenience in carrying large fish some distance to 

 camp, special carriers are constructed by bending five or six 

 dry reeds into loops, and binding the free ends together cir- 

 cumferentially into the form of a handle. The fish is inserted 

 lengthwise into the loops, which are spread apart to receive 

 it. See fig. 18. Shell-fish and crustaceans form daily meals. 



Fig. 18. 



Fig. 19. 



An ingenious device is resorted to for collecting the honey 

 of wild bees from inaccessible fissures in rocks and hollow 

 tree-trunks. A long, thin rod is chosen, and to one of its 

 ends a tassel of vegetable-strands is tied. See fig. 19. Hold- 

 ing the stick at the opposite end. it is inserted into the cleft 



