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patiently if the fishes remain in an unfavorable place till they 

 move into the accustomed fishing grounds, called (kuuna, 

 "where nets are dropped.") Two or three canoes are almost 

 always engaged in this kind of fishing. "When the fish are in 

 a suitable j)lace one canoe approaches very cautiously and sta- 

 tions itself where the net is to be dropped, whilst another one 

 carrying a net of the same kind, makes a wide circuit till im- 

 mediately opposite with the fish between, when the ends of 

 the nets are dropped simultaneously from the two canoes, and 

 both paddle in a semi-circle whilst paying out net and striv- 

 ing- to meet the dropped ends of the opposite nets as soon as 

 possible, so as to completely enclose the school before they 

 become alarmed. The first canoe having met the end of the 

 opposite net, if on sandy bottom, keeps on one side of the net 

 already down and drawing its own net after it, thus 

 gradually reducing the circle, as well as making two or three 

 rings of netting around the fish, so if they make a rush to 

 any given point and by their weight bear down the floaters, 

 those escaping from the first circle will still be enclosed by 

 the outer ones, and eventually be caught by becoming en- 

 tangled and meshed. When the nets have been drawn, to 

 the mind of the head fisherman, they all jump overboard with 

 their canoe poles and beating the water frighten the fish who 

 dash here and there with great violence, entangling them- 

 selves in the nets, and are easily captured. For upena-kaka, 

 the oio or mullet nets are used either in daylight or at night, 

 though the best results are almost always obtained at night. 

 The nets are dropped in a semi-circle and some of the fisher- 

 men making a wide sweep to the opposite side, spread out 

 fan-shape and move rapidly towards the net, beating the 

 waters as they go with their arms, and thus driving the fish 

 from quite a distance into the comparatively small area partly 

 enclosed by the nets, whilst the two men holding the kuku 

 (stick supporting the end of the net and standing perpendi- 

 cularly in the water) run on the approach of the beaters to- 

 wards each other. Should the water be dirty and the net 

 rather long the ends are then gathered together till the circle 



