NOTES ON FISHING METHODS OF THE SOUTH SEAS. 805 
Fish are daily caught in this manner; it would seem easy for them 
to make their escape, but such is not the case. 
. Fishing with wickerwork fish-traps is quite extensively carried on. 
he traps are made of pliable withes and put together with cocoanut 
thread. They vary little in size and none in shape. The average size 
is 81 inches long, 30 inches wide, and 20 inches deep; the font end is 
concaved 5$ inches; door in rear 54 by 7 inches; the mouth of the lead is 
9 inches in diameter, 23 feet long, and shaped like a powderhorn, the 
concave side next to the bottom of the trav. About a foot of the lead 
Sailing Canoe, Jaluit, Marshall Islands, 
on the underneath side is open. Traps are set in deep places on the 
edge of the reef and in channels. There are few places in the lagoon, 
any considerable distance from the shore, the fish from which are con- 
sidered fit to eat. We were told by our native pilot that poisonous 
fish were plentiful in all parts of the lagoon and that no fish should be 
eaten before being examined by some of the people on shore. 
At Jaluit we found a sailing and paddling canoe of an entirely new 
style, and made principally of bread-fruit wood. They are constructed 
more on the order of a vessel than any previously examined. The 
planking is heavy, varying in thickness from 2 to 3 inches. The largest 
