BASKETS. 149 



a cover the same shape as the basket itself, 

 which slips up and down a rope handle, and fits 

 over the basket when closed. 



Another convenient and very strong basket is 

 made round in shape, the sides being very much 

 larger in the middle than at the top and bottom. 

 These have a tightly -fitting lid overlapping a 

 little way, with two or three hinges, according to 

 the size of the baskets, which range from about 

 nine inches to two and a half feet in diameter. 



Some of the pnlm-leaf is often dyed red and 

 black, and plaited in ornamental designs. At 

 Poulana, too, the sleeping-mats in general use, 

 made of rushes neatly sewn together, are manu- 

 factured, and the inhabitants of the valley are 

 mostly fishermen, so the palm of industry must 

 certainly be awarded to them. 



Many of the fish are caught by means of a 

 stockade of boughs of trees built out into the 

 water, but most are captured by line and drag- 

 nets. 



I saw one curious open-work basket trap at 

 Poulana, made of small twigs in the shape of a 



