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NATIVE FISHING. 



banks of tlie rivur with thrir iti rnlitir liainl-riets, 

 ''(iina]> this net is nf u similar ai)[)rar- 

 aiice, but of course smaller, to thiit vmad in tlie 



ttie^e fe a. i^eaiymnBCt %ttre Tcnyafe of 

 La Perouse, 8vo. Eiigl. ed. vol. ii, p. ^-22. On 

 examiiiiij^ the contents o\' the Itaskcts, whirfj 

 were rudely formed from the spatlie of the Areka 

 palm, they were found to contain only a few 

 sinaE fish, prawns, an:d biongs, op tsviibs. On thttt 

 success, my native attendants informed me, tlie 

 fisliermen depeni! for tlieir daily meal, I)m in«i,' 

 the rice and hetel nut harvest^ they t^arn their 

 suljsistence Ijy cutting* and threshing the former, 

 and gathering and skfllipg tlietetter ; but ¥tv&i 

 the $m&m tm ihm pmdws&Qm lissis passed, they 



depend upon the fish eauglit witli the Irand-net, 

 As a subsistence for thtMnsel\'es and fannlies, 



1 stood by one of tliem to see "a hiiul:"' 

 aft^ a short time had elapsed, the heavy net was 

 taised, and mwMned only a soWmj fish mid 

 a few crabs. The nets were baited witli craljs' 

 chiws, tied about (Hfiereiit parfs. On a marsh 

 near this spot a fioek of two kinds of crane was 

 feeding ; one sjiccics small and white, and named 

 **Ecnar/' the n'^m wwi^i h^v^e^^ a ^seywh 

 cahav, md najtted '* J%a«ari i^aSr/' by tht» 

 Mat i VIS. 



I'mit was af thi^ .seiLstui scarce , a lt*w guavas. 



