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FISHING. 
or row out in a canoe, and, taking a light, 
attract the fish, which they strike with a 
pole, armed with five barbed prongs, and 
so take. 
Suppose, however, the islander returned 
from his day's labour to his supper, at about 
seven o'clock in the evening. Except once or 
twice a-week, no fish, meat, or poultry will 
be found to grace the board, bat yams, and 
