NOTES ON FISHING METHODS OF THE SOUTH SEAS. SO1 
APATIANG AND MARAKT ISLANDS. 
In the evening of January 3 the A/batross lay to off the southern 
shore of Apaiang. The surface light attracted numerous forms of 
minute life. The next morning, as the ship steamed on her way north- 
ward, we saw at a distance what looked like a double canoe. Later in 
the day we reached Maraki Island and steamed along its south and 
east side. We did not land, but had a good opportunity of viewing 
the shore line and fringing reef. On the reef were many pools and 
small channels leading from one to the other. 
Near the outer edge of the reef are outcroppings of old coral, in 
many places forming barricades between the pools. Some of the walls 
thrown up formed natural fish-traps, in some of which men, women, 
and children were fishing. In a dozen or more places along the beach, 
Stone Fish-trap, Tarawa Island. 
wood and cocoanut husks were piled up, presumably for lighting at 
night to attract fish to the beach. Scattered over the reef was a con- 
siderable number of fish-traps similar to those seen at Tarawa. 
In the afternoon a party landed on the west side of Maraki. The 
upper beach on this side of the island is sandy, but immediately below 
are many bowlders of old coral rock, making it difficult to land, unless 
the sea is smooth. 
There is no great difference in the canoes of this island from those 
of Apamama and Tarawa except that the bottom of the canoe here is 
dug out of a solid piece of cocoanut wood and is round. The planking 
is the same kind and thickness as the Apamama canoe and put on in a 
similar manner, only there is a less number of strakes. 
TARI-TARI. 
This island was approached from the east side. On the south and 
east side the rim of the atoll is cut through in several places, forming 
small islets. The channels between the islets are bare at low water, 
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