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being very oily, it is highly prized ; it ascends the rivers to 
their very source, and then the head grows to an unnatural 
size, when it is said to be unwholesome, and is not eaten ; 
the head, to an European who is not accustomed to it, has a 
very disgusting appearance ; so extremely fond are the natives 
of the lamprey, that deaths from over-eating it are far from 
being uncommon ; the inanga is a very diminutive fish, not 
at all larger than the English minnow ; it is, however, the 
chief fish of the New Zealand lakes, and its small size is 
made up by its great abundance ; they are driven into shoal 
water, and caught with a long shallow oval net, but are also 
taken in deep water by a cone-shaped net, which is fastened 
to a frame, and thrust down with a long pole ; when boiled, 
the water is drained from them, which the natives greedily 
drink, — they are pressed into a compact mass, and eaten 
entire, being scaleless ; the koko'pu is another fresh- water 
fish, nearly ten inches long, one kind has scales, another is 
without ; they are generally taken in the nets with other fish, 
but in no great quantity ; the papanoko is a scaleless fresh- 
water fish, about five inches long ; it is rather rare, but much 
prized, its roe being nearly as large as the fish itself ; the 
jpariri is the male of this fish ; the tikihemi corresponds 
with our trout ; in shape and appearance it is much like 
an eel, hence is named the eel trout ; it is sometimes found 
of the length of fourteen inches, but is seldom taken in any 
quantity ; the ujpokororo is a fish about eight inches long, 
with scales, it is caught in the autumn, it bites at the hair 
of the legs, and is thus caught by the natives going into the 
water. 
A small fish is also found in the Rotoaira Lake, and in the 
streams which gush out of the sides of Tongariro, called 
the fish of Hades, and is of a buff color, and spotted like a 
leopards skin, this little fish is so full of oil that it is boiled 
without water, and is greatly esteemed. The fresh -water mus- 
sel, kakahi , and crayfish, koura , occasionally furnish a meal. 
The principal salt-water fish formerly eaten was the shark, 
mango , which was caught in great numbers with the hook ; 
they were cut open, and then hung up in the sun and wind 
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