DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD, 17f' 



to the water. We found this a most successful 

 method of fishing. Fish and Fisheries. 



Fernando Po Native Fishing. A number of 

 canoes, containing from three to twelve men, put 

 out to sea to look for a shoal of fish ; when dis- 

 covered, they surround it on all sides, shouting 

 and splashing the water with their paddles in 

 every direction, endeavouring to drive it towards 

 a centre. This done, they commence fishing, 

 using for the bait a small fish, with which they 

 are previously provided, and they occasionally 

 throw a few of these into the shoal. The fish ap- 

 pear to take this bait very eagerly, but as the hooks 

 which the natives use, are made of bone, wood, or 

 nails, and without barbs, not more than half the 

 number that are struck in the first instance are 

 eventually secured ; two men paddle the canoe in 

 the direction of the shoal, while the remainder are 

 fishing. Captain Owen was much amused and 

 interested with their operations and success ; they 

 brought on board some very fine species of bream, 

 from two to three Ibs. each, caught in deep water 

 at sea, by rod and line. 



Holmans Voyage round the World. 



New invention granted by authority, to catch 

 fish that shall swim within one thousand yards of 

 the land or shore, which may be used in all sea- 



