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narrow outlet is covered with a large net, having a bag or 
basket at the end, in which they are captured. The small eels 
are often dried by being hung up in the sun, when it becomes 
like a bag of rancid oil; the larger ones are split open, and 
dried in the usual way. 
The lamprey is taken in the same way as the eel. 
Properly speaking it is a salt-water fish, which enters the 
rivers in the spring to spawn. From its 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, three inches being its usual size ; it is 
however, the chief fish of the New Zealand lakes, and its 
small size is made up by its great abundance. This fish is 
driven into shoal water, where it is caught with a long shallow 
oval net. It is 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 ; it is scaleless. 
The kokopu is another fresh water fish, nearly ten inches 
long. One kind has scales, another is without. This is gene¬ 
rally 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 pariri is the male of 
this fish. 
The tikihemi corresponds with our trout; in shape and 
appearance it is much like an eel. The settlers have named it 
the eel trout. It is sometimes found of the length of fourteen 
inches, but is seldom taken in any quantity. 
The upokororo 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. 
