278 Till'- P"iNr BAi;i;(i\v r.sKrNro. 



tiv,-.,li"slKill<>w |)its ill thf .urawl. in wliifh tlicy post tlit^nisclvt's with 

 ..iiii> iinl Ix'ilas. A liiH' of l"'>^ts is set up aloui;- the bund of tii.' l>ea.-h 



rnau ihc tents almost to tin Ilrt of Inn-kinmi-iu. 



WIn-n a liiilil Invr/.r is hlovvin.u Innn the noitln'ast the ducks, n.. 

 niMitcr h.'.w far ntf sln.rc thf.v air uli.'ii fiist seen, always head lor the 



tinii of tollowinu- thr line of la-oons and -oin- oat to sea fartlicr down 

 the coast, as they soiiictiiiics d.i. When, liowev.'r. they reach this ciitica] 

 ,„,i,i( the'v <-atcli siuht of the posts, and the natives who are watchin- 

 theiii sharply set ill- a shrill yell. Fri.uhteii.Ml l,y this and by the line 

 (if posts, nine times out of ten. if the cry is i;iven at the tight iiioment. 

 the ducks will falter, become c.mfiised. and. Mually, conectilii;- into a 

 .•oM, pact body will whirl ahm.i; the line , if posts, past the tents, flyin- 

 .■hise to the water, and turn out to sea at the lirst <ipen space, which is 

 .just where the -iinners arc posted. This habit of ycllin- to frighten 

 the ducks and brinu' them within .gunshot has been observed on the 

 Sjliciiau cost in (ilaces where the <lucks are in the ha!)it of ti>iug in 

 and out from lauoous iixcr low bars.' Should the wind blow hard from 

 the cast, however, or blow from any other ijuarter, the ducks do not 

 tly ill such aliundaiici'. nor do they pay much atteution to the posts or 

 the veiling, but often ke;-p on their course down the lagoons, or head 

 straight for the licacli and cross wherever they strike it. The latter is 

 ueiierally the liabii w itli the old sipiaws. who come, rather late in the 

 initiations, while the black brant (Braiita iiigrieans) are more apt to go 

 down the lagoons. A few pintail ducks (l)atila acuta), are occasionally 

 shot at this season, and are sometimes found in the two little village 

 ponds (Tuseraru). The shooting at I'ernyi'i usually lasts till the mid- 

 dle or cud of .Sepb'inber. during which month the natives also shoot a 

 good many gtdls (Lariis barrovianus and l!ho(h)stethia rosea) as they 

 tly along the shore. 



IMl'l.iniKNTS I-'OK KlSIII^'li. 



Ilnoks itiid Inns. -The streams and lakes in the immediate neighbor- 

 liooil of I'dini Harrow cmitain no lisli. and there is com))aratively little 

 lishiug ill the sea. When the water lirst closes in the autumn narrow 

 tide cracks (ifteii tbrm at the very edge (if tlie beacli. .Vt these cracks 

 the natives fieiiueiitly catch considerable numliers of I'olar cod (Bore- 

 ogailiis saidai ami small si-iil]iins (( '-dttus quailricornis and (J. decas- 

 Ireiisisi. with the hock and line. The tackle Ibr this lisliin;;- consists of 



111 .1^ u-,- r«^peato(Uy observed. If 

 ii. n[iii\i-s would utter a long. i>t'<-u 

 l.v in :i i-ircuit. thus afforiliug tlic 

 ((Jai).- WanUan-ui), Nelsou, Cruise 



