124 EXTENSIVE FISHERY. 



hot, and tlie walk had up to the present been rough 

 and hilly. 



I reached Pamquala after sunset, without seeing a 

 single sign of any kind of game, rather tii*ed, and found 

 that Makingeera, an Ajawah chief from the moun- 

 tains, had come to pay us a visit. He said he had 

 seen our boat on the lake the day we came here, and 

 he was sure we would have been drowned. He is a 

 fine, tall, well-built man, but never have I seen one 

 so timid. My guns made him open his mouth till I 

 thought he never would shut it again ; and when the 

 cornopean was brought to bear on him, it was almost 

 too much for him. He jumped up, as if to run away, 

 his mouth wider open than ever, but several men who 

 had heard it before told him it would not hurt him, 

 and persuaded him to listen. As, hoAvever, he did 

 not seem to care about it, I stopped, and handed it to 

 him to examine, but nothing would induce this war- 

 rior to touch even with the end of his fingers either 

 the cornet or guns. Makingeera was presented with 

 a red fez, and a handkerchief of the same colour, 

 and he seemed excessively proud of his present. He 

 sat with us till late, and before leaving promised to 

 come again, and bring a bullock as a present to us 

 before we left. 



An extensive fishery is carried on in this bay, the 

 nets used being about a hundred yards long and six 

 feet deep, with a two-inch mesh. They make their 

 nets in exactly the same way we do, and use a simi- 

 lar needle. During our stay Reid made them a capi- 

 tal needle on our principle, and it was highly com- 

 mended by the fishermen, who are always busy either 



