FISHING. 147 
diately put away what he had in his mouth, 
and commenced his prayer." 
Fishing for a kind of cod, grey mullet, and 
red snapper, though no very hopeful pursuit in 
the deep water round the island, occasionally 
forms part of the day's employment ; nor of the 
day only ; for sometimes they go forth at night 
among the rocks close to the sea, 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 
