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more complicated implements. Meyer and Parkinson [1S94, PI. 10, 11, 12] give pictures of exceedingly 

 fine fykes from New Pommera, also noticed by Pfeil [1899, S3], whilst on the Pelau Islands (Kubary 

 [1S95, 140]) many sorts and sizes are in use. Ail this makes the lack of thèse traps in Papua Tâlandjang 

 very remarkable. 



Another way of capturing fish is stupefying them by dissolving poison in the water, 

 as HAGEN [1899, 247], BlRO [1901, 67] and ERDWEG [1902, 334] mention of K. W. Land. 

 According to thèse authors the natives get the poison by grinding leaves, which are 

 aftenvards thrown into small fishing waters. I never found the use oîDerris elliptica 

 mentioned of Netherlands N. G., so I was greatly surprised to find the long roots of this plant, 

 not the leaves, stored by the people of Sëkâ, surely to be used in the little brooks flowing 

 through their country. The expédition bought some of this root, ground and hammered it 

 between stones, and employed it very successfully in dammed-up waters. So the use of tuba 

 (this is the Malay name), may be accepted of other parts of the Netherlands territory and 

 probably MuLLER [1S57, 95] means this, where he mentions the use of vegetable poison in 

 rills and dammed-up waters. 



Catching fish by means of a kite, a tassel made of cobweb, just touching the water, 

 serving as bait, is mentioned in ANNUAL REPORT [1897 — 98, 46, PI. I, II]. 



^ T °- 577- J anc - Tobâdi; part of a large net, broad 4 m., of string twisted from 6 — 12 aërial root fibres 



of P andanus, ime; stitch as the European netting-stitch, meshes 3 cm. square; along one edge, 



at distances of 3 meshes, a Cardium shell, Ûvanki, fastened, perforated near the umbo; along the 



other edge, at equal distances, pièces of the husk of Nipa fruit, seruwâch, siruwâ, are attached; 



made by men and youngsters. 

 N°. 578. PL XX, fig. 9. 2 / 9 . Jânegon. Ingrâs; floater of white wood of low spec. grav., oval, with short 



handle, (fish shape); on one side circular furrows, on the other spiral on es, barbed in the centre. 



Used on nets as N°. 577. 

 N°. 579. Ime. Tobâdi; 2 bundles of aërial root fibres of Pandanus, yellowish white and stiff, threads 



0.1 — 0.4 m.m. thick, 4 m. and 4.65 m. long; to manufacture string for nets, jane, as N°. 577. 



Found in the temple. 

 N°. 580. PI. XX, fig. r6. 2 / 9 . Idjaï. Tobâdi; hackling stick of heavy wood, soâne, cylindric, both 



ends rounded, one carved into a man's head, châre, with triangular face; for the rest entirely 



carved with symmetrical ornaments, âne, consisting of four open ovals, united by stretched ridges; 



pièce of seven-stranded cord, lïgjai didai, wound 6 times round the middle, hangs down with a 



loose end of 25 cm. To tear off, îmwaitje, ////f-fibres. 

 N°. 58r. Idjai. Tobâdi; as N°. 580, long 19, thick 1.2 cm.; carved only over r2 cm. of the length; 



five-stranded cord 70 cm. long. 

 N°. 582. Idjai. Tobâdi; as above, long 16.5, thick 1.3 cm.; loose end of seven-stranded rope only 



r5 cm. long. 

 N°. 583. Idjai. Ingrâs; long 28 c.m.j at one end a length of 9 cm. being square, carved with 4 



chevrons; cord twisted from 4 two-stranded twines, loose end 22 cm. Probably old lime spatula, 



now used as hackling stick. 

 N°. 584. Didai. Ingras; two pièces of four-stranded cord as above, each r.25 m. long; probably to be 



used on hackling stick. From man's bag N°. 634. 



