of Edinhiirgli, Session 1883-84. 347 
lie also holds the wooden handle. The hook looses from the handle 
and remains in the fish, the man then swims to land and hauls it in. 
Sometimes they fish at night by firelight, shooting the fish with 
iron-headed arrows. Nets are also used. They are drawn across a 
river and held at both ends. Men go up stream, and then swim 
down with a splashing stroke driving the fish to the net. In this 
way large numbers are caught, and a general distribution of the spoil 
takes place. 
These are the methods employed in catching very large fish. A 
smaller kind of fish is caught by the women in shallow water. 
They use a poisonous fruit, about the size of a gooseberry. This 
fruit they grind into a coarse powder, and carry to the Svater in 
baskets. They then scatter it oh the surface, and the fish eat it, 
and soon die. They are afterwards collected in baskets, and as the 
poison is not injurious to men, they are good for food. Children also 
fish by shooting with bow and arrow, and swimming after the fish 
they hit; many lives are lost through boys venturing into rapid rivers. 
Sometimes in small rivers, instead of a net, a wickerwork barrier 
is constructed across the stream; another movable one is then 
introduced up stream, and gradually carried down until a short 
distance from the first barrier ; the fish thus brought together are 
then caught by hand, and thrown on to the bank. 
A fish trap is also made of wooden latticework, several feet 
across at one end and narrow at the other ; this is placed beneath 
waterfalls or below rapids. Sometimes nets like our landing nets 
are held under waterfalls, to catch the fish as they come down. 
Wooden dams are also erected across rivers. Poles are fixed in the 
ground and cross beams fastened to them, holes being left of such a 
size that the fish in trying to get through stick fast and are collected 
each morning. These dams are left until the river gets swollen by 
the rains, and washes them away. 
Pish are cured by being dried by the fire or in the sun, and keep 
good for considerable time. 
Manufactures — Woodworh . — Numerous articles are manufac- 
tured from wood. Ladles, stools, handles for agricultural imple- 
ments, bows, arrows, and walking-sticks. Nails are not used, bu 
the articles are either cut out of blocks of wood, or tied together 
with string, leather thongs, or iron wire. The instruments em- 
