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notice. During the months of their migration seaward, 

 Fort Gameel is the head quarters of their captors. Here 

 there are three channels converging toAvards the sea 

 entrance of the lake, and through these the mullet have 

 to peiss to gain the salt water. In parts they are deep, 

 and there with the native appliances it would be 

 impossible to fake them, but the tishermen by stretching 

 ropes across them guide the fish to the shallower por- 

 tions. Watchmen are stationed in the channels at some 

 distance from the fishing village, and notice is signalled 

 to the fishermen on the approach of fish. The iadications 

 of the presence of a shoal is an oily troubled surface on 

 the water. Harassed by the porpoises ( J^b^ darfeel) which 

 frequent the lake at this pointy the mullet move in com- 

 pact shoals, and seek shallow water where they can. 

 This habit enables the fishermen to catch many with little 

 trouble. The nets are "shot" in the manner descriljed 

 above for the"bouri", while escaped fish and stragglers 

 are caught by men using the circular casting net. 



The take. is conveyed to the fishing station, and the Extraction 



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"hut", after being separated from the "lebt", are handed ^fXe™roe" 

 over to the men who extract the ovaries or roe. This 

 process may be described here. The fish is laid on a 

 block of wood, and an incision is made a little to one side 

 of the vent; the body is squeezed and the entrails, including 

 the roe, are extruded. The latter is separated from the 

 rest -which becomes the perquisite of the operator, (the 

 second stomach of the mullet, which is muscular and 

 much resembles the gizzard of a fowl, is considered a 

 delicacy by the fishermen). The roes are washed and placed 



