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The difference is that one end of the net does not touch the 

 shore. Two or three men hold it away from the land, while 

 several others drive the fish into it by beating the water with 

 sticks, screaming, etc. Then the net is closed by bringing the 

 ends together, and the fish are taken out by hand. 



3. Du'i. — This kind of fishing is done further out in the 

 sea. Some four or five men paddle outside the reef, and when 

 fish are seen two men get into the water and swim, holding 

 the two ends of the DiVi net ; others, also swimming, make a 

 noise, and so drive the fish into the net, and when they come 

 in contact with it, it is rapidly raised and both net and fish 

 are lifted out of the water together, without previous closing 

 of the latter. 



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DlAGRAlNI OF Dvi'l FiSHlNG. 



o, Canoe, h. Drivers swimming, c. Net. d. Reef. e. Shore. 



4. In the Tdvita form of fishing the net is also not closed, 

 but is lifted as in the method just described. The nets 

 (Tdvita ord'ij employed for it have very small meshes, and 

 are used in shallow water to catch very small fish. 



5. The deep-sea fishing for big fish (Doa), in which the 

 Gauma net is used, is always conducted in the daytime and 

 from a large canoe ( Oro'u). These are sailed some distance 

 outside the barrier reef which surrounds the island, and pre- 

 ferably towards an outlying reef. The men scout for the fish, 

 one of them usually climbing the mast of the canoe to look out. 

 When they are seen, the net is cast and is held by four men, or 

 so, as they swim. A few other men, also swimming, drive the 

 fish towards the net, which is closed upon them by bringing 

 the two ends together. One end is then moved along the net, 

 as shown in the diagram, so as to circumscribe the space in 

 which the fish are confined, and these are then taken out. 



