818 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
Three miles to the north and east of Terranova lies another village, 
and about halfway between them are three stone traps and the ruins 
of several others, built of coral slabs and pieces of broken coral. 
The canoes observed at Arhno were small dugouts and require no 
special mention. 
On the morning of January 28 the Albatross left the lagoon and 
made a detour around the northern shore of the atoll, thence skirting 
along the western shore. Here the rim of the atoll is submerged in 
many places, forming many islands, some of which are inhabited. We 
were told at Jaluit that this atoll supported nearly 2,000 people, but 
saw nothing to lead us to believe that such a number exist here. In 
coasting along the shore we saw many fish-traps. 
At the islands we visited in the Marshall Archipelago the contrast 
between the build of the canoes and that of the houses was very notice- 
able. Much care is taken in the make of the former, but very little in 
the latter. In all other groups visited well-made houses and huts were 
noticed. 
THE CAROLINE ISLANDS. 
On the 29th we arrived at Jaluit and remained there till February 5, 
Leaving the Marshall Islands, the ship proceeded to Kusaie, the most 
eastern island in the Caroline group, a little over 400 miles from Jaluit, 
and came to anchor in Port Lottin, the most southern harbor on the 
island. The island is volcanic, 85 miles long by 55 miles wide. Its 
highest point is 2,155 feet. A heavy and luxuriant growth of vegeta- 
tion covers the entire island almost to its highest part. 
The harbor is small, and is fringed with coral reefs on the east and 
west sides; at the head is a long stretch of sand and mud, forming a 
bar, which at low water is bare. The bar has been formed by two 
small rivers that empty into the harbor above. About 150 feet is the 
average width of the rivers at their mouths, narrowing to less than 50 
feet half a mile up; the depth varies from 2 to 5 feet, with an occasional 
sand bar where a canoe will barely float. The village is on the east 
side of the harbor at the mouth of the river. 
In the rivers were many small fish, but repeated trials and failures 
demonstrated that they would not take a hook. <A fair representation 
of the fishes inhabiting the rivers was taken in a small collecting seine. 
A large seine can not be hauled, owing to the tree stumps and branches 
strewn over the bottom. Two large eels were caught and off the 
mouth of the river, inside the bar, several hundred mullet were taken. 
Very little hook-and-line fishing is carried on by these people. Nets 
are used for the most part, although spears are sometimes operated on 
the reef. Women do all the fishing, we were informed, and during 
our stay here we saw no men taking part init. This is probably due 
to the fishing-grounds lying so close to the village, protected from the 
sea. The fringing reef on the south and east sides of the island makes 
