ie ipstites the net. > 
en just as the cod-end was see and the enormous cntch was” fal 
to the deck. . 
Bir, Swimming crabs and crayfish taken at the Chatham Islands. = 
ade at the islands produced enormous bags of these crustaceans, and, as 
sult, sacksful of crayfish were handed to the Maories and Morioris, who ais ES} 
Prater VI. 
Pig. 1. So great is the buoyancy of a large haul of schnapper when ‘dma 
‘om deep water that the mass is capable of supporting for some time the weight — ¥ ae: 
of a man. An illustration of this fact is afforded by the picture as detailed ie is 
- the text. en 
Fig. 2. A few individuals of a shoal of porpoises (Lagenorhynchus obscurus — \ ; 
ay) which accompanied the trawler. They were photographed from above, — 
the prow of the vessel, the white mass being foam thrown up by the bow. 
