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At Muthuata, Fiji, "the party witnessed some natives 
who were employed in taking fish, near the mouth of a small 
stream, by poisoning the water with the stems and leaves of 
a climbing Glycine, which grows abundant near the coast." 
At Ovolau, " sailing along the north side of the island, 
we passed many fish-weirs formed of reeds, into which the 
fish are sometimes driven. At other times the fish ere lured 
by food into these traps at high water; the weir is then 
Closed, and the fish taken at low water. The women use the 
hand netg, which is thrown over the school. They heave large 
seing for turtles, as well as smaller ones, both of which 
resemble our own, the weights being small bits of coral, 
while for floats they use the seeds of the Barringtonia. 
These nets are all well made. They likewise meke pens of 
stones, into which they drive the fish and capture them 
either by spearing them or when the water runs out at low 
tide. It is also a custom with them to dsm up smell streams, 
and stupify the fish with Glycine. Hand nets are sometimes 
used in a peculiar manner, thus: when they see e large fish 
take refuge in the coral shelf, they surround the place with 
a net and drive the fish out into it. 
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