124 THE KlI COAST. 



down which timber cut inland is floated, until it arrives 

 at the town ; where it is collected, and shipped off in 

 junks to different parts of the country. 



A little south of Singo is Koza Gawa. Wood, as at 

 the former town, is shipped from here to the large cities. 

 Whale-fishing is also carried on at Koza. The plan of 

 capturing this big creature is so unusual, I will give a 

 short description of the modus operandi. Large boats 

 are kept ready for launching, and, when whales are re- 

 ported, put off, manned by twenty or more men. The 

 boats work in couples, each couple having a strong 

 grass-made net, from 200 to 300 feet in length. These 

 nets are made in squares — the mesh two to three 

 feet — each square being about thirty feet in size, and 

 attached lightly to the next, until the entire length 

 of net is made up. When a whale is seen, the net is 

 dropped across his course, or the animal is surrounded 

 by several nets; on his making off, and striking the 

 net, the square which he comes in contact with is 

 broken away froni the rest, and clings round his head 

 and shoulders. The faster he goes the closer it sticks 

 to him. The whale appears soon to get frightened 

 and flurried, as he seldom remains long under water, 

 but returns to the surface, where he flounders and 

 plunges about. The same manoeuvre is then repeated 



