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strips makes this airungiMnent into a kind of pliable fence. This, hv 

 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 tlie tish tliat are between it and the shore 

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

 row in the shallow Avater. The women, at the same time, walk u{) and 

 down dragging traps of smaller mesh, in which tliev 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 BAT WITH SKIM 



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

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

 use on the Nile are employed in laying out the nets. The Xyakach 

 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 s})lit and dried in the sun and sent inland 

 to exchange for game. 



Both sexes smoke and chew tobacco, but only old nun 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. 



