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large single one, and a start is made early in the morning 

 with an attending fleet of from 20 to 40 canoes, women very 

 often go in this kind of fishing to help paddle the canoes as no 

 particular skill is called for on the part of the general hands, 

 the success of the fishing depending altogether on the good 

 judgment and sight of the kilo or spy. This person is gen- 

 erally on a light canoe manned by only two or three hands, 

 and he is standing up always on the cross ties of the canoe 

 looking for the malolo; whenever he discerns a strong ripple 

 he points it out to the rest of the canoes who then surround 

 the spot indicated whilst he confers with the head fishermen 

 about the best place to drop the hano, which depends upon 

 which way the current sets, when the net is all ready the canoes 

 paddle very quickly in towards it, splashing the water and 

 driving the fishes before them into the open net. It seems 

 that these fishes will not dive to any depth and are always 

 found swimming very near the surface, so, when completely 

 surrounded by canoes, they can be driven wherever wanted. 

 The fleet very often go several miles out to sea after malolo, 

 and this fishing is called one of the lawaia-o-kaiuli, ' ' blue sea 

 fishing. 



Upena kolo is the largest of all nets, and can only be used 

 in a very few places, like the harbor of Honolulu, Puuloa, etc. 

 It is an immense bag from sixteen to twenty-four fathoms in 

 depth. Small meshed and narrow at the extreme end, but 

 widening out into an immense flaring mouth, with long nets 

 16 to 20 fathoms deep attached on each side and called its pe- 

 peiao (ears). This is swept from one side to the other of the 

 harbor, scooping up every kind of fish. A great many sharks 

 a fathom in length are sometimes caught in it, but the net is 

 generally used when the mullet is in roe and is designed for 

 the capture of large quantities of that fish. It requires a great 

 many hands to manage it. 



Lau kapalili is the use of a large bag net smaller than the 

 kolo, but larger than the ohua or iiao net, but of the same 

 general shape and called a papa. Two ropes lau of 3 or 400 

 fathoms in length, with ki leaves attached, the same as in 



