I50 FISHES I HAVE KNOWN 



who pursues his calling Hterally in the water, pops 

 his catch to keep it ahve. 



Both kind of jangadas are safe, and go very 

 long distances. The nets and lines used by the 

 fishermen are the best in the world, being made 

 of twisted cotton rubbed with the inner bark of a 

 resinous tree which hardens in the sun, becomes 

 proof against the action of salt water, and is 

 peculiarly strong and elastic. 



Outside Rio Harbour we cautiously steamed 

 through hundreds of these fishing rafts, the scene 

 at a distance looking like a troop of half-naked 

 men standing upright in the water. 



A visit to the market at Rio revealed how 

 successful this kind of fishing was, and the same 

 at Bahia, Pernambuco, and Para. 



" Very early '' is the motto of the markets in 

 Brazil, and by five o'clock they are in full swing, 

 housekeepers being intent upon providing for the 

 day's wants before the sun declares itself in full 

 force. 



It was a gay and lively sight — such a contrast 

 to Billingsgate ! Men and women of every shade 

 from intense black-brown to light yellow, were 

 jabbering together : the women with perfect 

 figures clad in spotless white, their startling 

 red and yellow turbans setting off their velvety 



