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the bay, and the fishery began. For success in it the 

 main requisite seemed to be that the men should be good 

 clivers, and that they should have a keen eye to detect 

 the holothurias, which are caught by hand, at the bottom 

 of the water. The best time for fishing is noon, for the 

 higher the sun above the horizon, the more easily can the 



BOILING THE TKKPAXO. 



divers discover their prey. The burning orb poured its 

 fiery arrows upon their heads, apparently without incon- 

 veniencing them. Each man, on rising to the surface, 

 would have one or two sea-cucumbers in his hands, which 

 he cast into the nearest canoe, and immediately dived 



