M Ï^ ^ M iM Ó iS fA R i “ VOYAGE [Appendix.
iitfdÉiöS-, guj]!f pefcêftsïsi iliiö jls r ts ,^ i0 v e f, 'fimtón., ‘mfenwaEEwj^Mfel
Iröjtt® -dliliËs,- Withf ttfSfM]^iïdb »<$S iöBërS’ tilikrEJWTE festóèv ' The
rflböötairis preduce a great• vatiity f * k lafg^-aflör’ .fiiMter;'iöl,
ffefi tiMtty gfid f ë f iT é ^ j thefea ïê flever
neat' the fea.
T h e 1 trojac-birds build their nefts in holes o f the chfis j and aS
their M ig feafheW ère held iii :re<p»ft fer tfeeif parieJ and moufmfig.:
duffles', they procure them ih the fbBöWihg1 dangerous manner. Frorfi
th e töp ldf thé high èlïflsf hèaten■ b y ! tfeê Waves beneath, a'ma® is
lö’Wered: down by a rope-, fèatediacrofs' a flick : he'
holes from bottom to top, fwinging from point to point by a‘ ftaff
h e hoK& in his Kted; a iid b y dtëïftbaës -whfch pmje«^ or the Arabs
WMëh g iëw tkére. When he finds: a bird-on her neft, he piusfel
Öiifc her MiTfettfte?», and ^ t s r h e rö y . ' • When he can find no more
birds1, ÓT is tited o f tfië IibeOf, Èé gi¥è£ the figb&l.tri tot drawn dpi
TJteadfulas it may appear to be thus hanging thirty or: forty fathom
down, aöd- Föur flïïïes W ttiariy i s fhèTbottofiïi few aöêidënts ever
happen; though the fport is often continued for . many hours
together. J ‘
• They fet a peculiar value on the Ihining black feathers o f the meri-
df-War birds, which .being birds o f paflage, they watch! their arrival
at the rainy feafon ; a float o f .light wood is then launched-into,
the water, baited with a fmall fifli, as foon as they obferve mè~bïrd
approaching, whilft they Iteftd ready with ardgng'ffPle o f ,“fifteen or
eighteen feet within reach o f the float. The moment the bird pounces
on the fifli to feize it, they flrike at him with the pole, and feldom
fail o f bringing him down; i f they mifs: their aim, the bird cannot
be again tempted to approach. T he cock bird is rhpft valuable, and
a large hog will be fometimes exchanged for one.
The fmaller birds are caught with the bread-fruit gum made into
birdlime, and fpread on ‘flicks o f bamboo. Thofe who frequent
the mountains will often kill them with a ftone thrown by hand.
Ufe in this fport has made them fine markfmen; they, point at file
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bird’ with the fore-finger. .of, the-.left' hand, as i f taking aim, and
feldpip. fa ilio f brdtigirjg; him flow®, i f .at aao great diftance j ;buf oa
Jbhe wing they as feldom fucceed.
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t F 0 i,e r j.j .
TH E IR .fifliirigdae'kle cdnfefts. o f , feings;.(^.vall J ,; from five
fat-hknns -teffifoyi and from one, to twelve ;fethqmg deep. They have
lines ;and bosks efualLlbitfs. Thefe femes and Hnesfajg: formed foot®
the bark .df a flimb called yqevai 1 -which? feldom1 'gK®l$s larger than
•hemp, and looks l ik e i t ' when drefled. ,There are fevejdl ofJi<|r forts
-o f. an inferior .quality, ..They twafii dhe. .filaments. qn. dheir thigh
vwtli '„tllei r Alands, \ and ‘ vcditcTtig; the thread 'into' balls',| forrje' -cf two,
jjaueukf -Arfg threads jr^buCiitheyqf^dm' ^iake -their lines ®f m'ore
±hm-jbwaffihr^ids, even for'dqlphins!j the. ttoee fth^ads being w r e
liable ±0 Jkink and get foal, when o f any;honfiderahle length*: and
as they .always-play !the dolphin, are mojk^apt-itb fnap.-; Their hooks,
rare made o f rpeaxl-flieHs, though they. preferdirqn, "and form a nail
ditto an excellent shook- Gur hooks were highly efteemed tby them.
They have .different fiises and different fhapes .for the different kincfe
ofsfifhii Same are made to x^refent therfljgngrfiih, -others for puttiktg
on real fifh, or what other bait the fifla will take.
For the dolphin they .fifli in lading .cjrnoes, at four or five miles
.diftance from land. They never 'put out a line tifl they difcover a
fifli, when they make fure o f it, .as they bait with flying-fifh prepared
for that purpqfe. When the dolphin is hooked they play him
till fpent, when they bring him .alongflde b.y degrees, and lay hold