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PREHISTORIC FISHING. 



The original of Fig. 213, on the preceding page, was procured on one of the 

 Samoan Islands. It shows the hook, which is made of nacreous shell, connected 

 with the sinker by means of vegetable fibre, both plaited and twisted with great 

 care. The sinker is an entirely unaltered, somewhat porous pebble, apparently of 



volcanic origin. 



FIG. 214. Fish-hook of turtle-shell (?). Serle Island. (3676). 



Fig. 214 exhibits the form of a hook derived from natives of Serle Island, 

 one of the coral isles of the Low Archipelago, not far from the Society Islands. 

 This identical hook is mentioned by Dr. Charles Pickering, who belonged to the 

 scientific staff attached to the United States Exploring Expedition. Among 

 the articles obtained from the islanders, he says, was " a large fish-hook (perhaps 



