36 The N.Z. Journal of Science and Technology. [Jan. 
The framework of the trap consists of eight hoops, each of which has 
been made by twisting together about eight pieces of the slender stems of 
the mangemange (Lygodium articulatum ), a climbing fern found in northern 
Sample of workmanship, Maori fish -trap, dredged from Ohinemuri River. 
districts but not in the southern parts of the Island. No other material 
has been employed in the construction of the trap ; the hoops, longitudinal 
strips, cross-ties, and akura, or entrance-funnel, are all of mangemange. The 
slender stems of which the hoops are formed are from ^ in. to in. in 
diameter, but few are thicker. These are whole in the case of the hoops, 
