finally the whole body is withdrawn from the hole and attaches 

 itself to the cowry or cowries which it closely hugs, curling it- 

 self all around it, and seeming oblivious of anything but the 

 pleasure of hugging its "lover. ' ' It remains very quiet whilst be- 

 ing rapidly drawn up through the water till, just as its head is 

 exposed above water it raises it, when the fisherman pulls the 

 string so as to bring its head against the edge of the canoe 

 and it is killed by a blow from a club which is struck be- 

 tween the eyes. This must be rapidly done before the animal 

 has time to become alarmed and lets go the cowry, when, 

 should the arms be a fathom in length, it becomes a danger- 

 ous antagonist, as there would be risk of the fisherman being 

 squeezed to death. Having eight arms, an octopus of such a 

 size could very well manage two or three persons, as the cut- 

 ting off of one or more of its arms does not affect the rest in 

 the least. 



Torch light fishing is practised on calm dark nights. The 

 fish are either caught with small scoop nets, or are speared. 

 Torch light fishing is always in shallow water where one can 

 wade. The fisherman must be spry and light of step, passing 

 through the water without a splash to disturb the fish which 

 remain quiet as if dazzled by the light unless alarmed by the 

 splashing or concussions in the water. The torches are made 

 of split bamboos secured at regular intervals with ki leaves, 

 Draccena ierminalis or twigs of the naio (spurious sandal 

 wood) bound together in the same manner. Should the light 

 burn with a pale flame, then the fisherman will not meet with 

 good luck, but if the torches burn with a bright red flame, he 

 will be apt to be very successful. 



The Hawaiians have four kinds of basket fishing — Hinai. 

 The Hinai opae, sometimes called apua opae, is a basket look- 

 ing something like the coal scuttle bonnets of a kundred years 

 ago, and is woven from the air roots of the Freycinetia Ar- 

 borea (Ieie). This is used for mountain shrimping, and wo- 

 men always attend to it. They move in a crouching position 

 through the water, moving small stones and thrusting sticks 

 under the large ones to drive the shrimp to a suitable place 



