carried it so far forward that it will be hit on the gills or mid- 

 dle of the body and thus secured, but if the spear were- 

 aimed at the body it would be very apt to hit the tail, or 

 pass behind. When the fish is hit, the force of the blow gen- 

 erally carries the 1 spear right through to the hand, thus bring- 

 ing the fish up to the lower part or handle of the spear, where 

 it remains whilst the fisherman strikes rapidly at other fish in 

 succession should they come in a huakai (train) as they usually 

 do. 



Except in the case of Oopuhue spearing, above-water spear- 

 ing is very rarely used, and then generally in connection with 

 deep sea line and hook fishing. Oopuhue is the well-known 

 poison fish of the Pacific, but of a delicious flavor. It is gen- 

 erally speared in enclosed salt water ponds from the stone em- 

 bankments.. The poison of this fish is contained in three 

 little sacs which must be extracted whole and uninjured. 

 The fish is first skinned, as the rough skin is also poisonous in 

 a slight decree. Should the teeth of the fish be yellow then it 

 is so highly charged with poison that no part of its flesh is 

 safe even with the most careful preparation. Oopuhue caught 

 in the open sea are always more poisonous than those from 

 fish ponds. 



Some fishermen dive to well-known habitats of certain fish 

 and lobsters and, thursting their arms up to> their armpits under 

 rocks or in holes, bring out the fish one by one and put them 

 into a bag attached for the purpose to the malo or loin cloth. 

 Women frequently do the same in shallow waters and catch 

 fish by hand from under coral projections. It is also a favorite 

 method employed by women in the capture of the larger vari- 

 ties of shrimps and oopus in the fresh water streams and kalo 

 ponds. Gold fish are also caught in that way, and at the pres- 

 ent time form no inconsiderable portion of the daily food of 

 the poorer classes living near kalo patches or fresh water 

 ponds. Their power of reproduction is very great. The dif- 

 ferent kinds of edible sea slugs are caught in the same way, 

 although the larger kinds are sometimes dived for and speared 

 under water. 



