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cone, open at both ends, and with a handle at 

 one side. The fisherman uses it by wading into 

 shallow water, and clapping it down over any 

 fish he sees, pulling the fish out through the 

 small opening at top. 



The little fishing-boats look very pretty 

 coming in with their loads, their square mat 

 sails having a very strange and picturesque 

 appearance. They are of course rather clumsy 

 specimens of boat-building, but seem to answer 

 every purpose. 



When a new boat is being constructed the 

 Kafir is really industrious, working with a will 

 till it is completed. The boat is made by tying 

 together rough planks, the holes for the cords 

 being made with red-hot irons, and afterwards 

 caulked with fibre and beeswax. When the 

 boat is finished the men and boys of the 

 neighbourhood harness themselves to it and 

 drag it down to the beach, the oars being 

 placed in an upright position in it and sup- 

 ported by some of the men walking by its side. 

 Of course the women and girls join in the 



