URST' MISSIONARY 3*4 RQTAéÈ' P W i ; '
bn'theutail, by.which they lift "him in, '‘never depending" orrthe Kook
flndidihe. rWhéh they hayöeg’ot loathe fifhipg.rgfóund- tfiKsy ply tb
windward. About fifty or fixty canoes from Matavai are employed
this^fifiiery auring |pe ’ fcaloru Which laftu about fix months",' as
dRefe 'fifh^fdnow' fhe'fun.' While the fun Js.’ fo thc'north they are
fcarcef Whenhepafïès the dinefdn -great plenty. They fpawnWbout
March, ana then the'fifhery ceafes, and the canoes are otherwife employed,
either in trading to the iflands, or in fitting for the alhicorë'
and bsnetta fifhery, whicbrnexPcoiïfmenëes.
'While HK^oolpnin fifhery-‘Iatfs, numl Yrs ofrar|pr ftvihg-fim aic
caught by the following means : a number of final! white flicks, fix
or eight feet long, are prepared, and weighted with a Hone to .keep
them %rö6b mftlre”water : Jto each 'o f thefè^-fhey-fix\TidH finfe ?tnd
S-rhbok 'ê f borié baited1 withWbfcoa-hut kernel.'1 T h e firthdy>tMft'out
fet® the »fca as they are Handing Off at=&u3ilmnte ffiani 'each; otbêt| -
taMng them up at 'their' retumv generally find a fifhdat'ëvöly
höófeï; fö 'fla t i f they have nó fucëefs * at’ ‘ the' d Olphin fifhery, Jthe^
-d© not return êïhpt^Kindédi and fometimes firing •irmÊiarks'“ and
«ithêrfifh.
JS\>• fifhitftjlr ftW fiY R O r r-ïSbicOrei 'and gEgj hARP-bA, o f fionetta;
th e y haYëf #'döUDlè!tt£mo&^bn',this|Saïer*tre infixed,* 'atb'Üiê feeadmf
Which-they have two lines- made fa ll tbhTpreading fbit-k? -forming
tw o horn&j arafat tfee hapfe'-a taped T h e - h é l (M'fixö^in asiölfeï
loïiithë?’«fbfe!part -of -the -canoe, and all but bMeifaidb are ÉópuÉ&afflö
atteiM (A ë baok-f^fei'" T hé man w ü fiafidsYforwISdsr -sbtfs^éhe
•hook, and when they fee a fxfh. they lower down the’-craUe"till-fife
teït: to ttcË e r thN v ite . The mln forwards keeps heaviüg^outhf^atèr
with a fcoop, and now and thetfteftf öüï a fmall fifh. The moment
an albicore is hooked he gives the fignal, and-thofe abaft raife up the
crane, and the fifh fwings in to the man,- who is -ready to feize him.
Sometimes the fifh is fo large, and the canoe fo light; fthat jffwithbui
riMtfch bare, thfe'albicore carries-'it dndör v^iter.f !yet feldpha any othey
damage enfues than the lofs o f the hook .and fifh.
A ppendix, ! TO THE S O U T f r^ A ' ISLANDS. 3*6
The p e e r a r a , or .fkipjack, is caught with a long bamboo and
line; but from its fize is more eafily lifted in. Moft o f the other
fifh are taken with feines, . .which fometimes enclofe turtle, or by
h o o i and Iine in\fmall canpes ; ind i f they hook .a large fifh, they
fteefetlu canoe after, him till he is fpent, and then lift him in. Int
this, mupugfitbt j* „takg t-Ii£,Jjo 0 r o ^ a qr white
falmon, and feveral o f the larger fort. The canoe being light bears
fqon R S p! flying^
^KVigh! jin/j;iLincs^^^ibaiJt/-tY long,
- 'M f -they. ^ n n L 'n Vm ^ C r^ p e ’
^ÏKl ;fliO0t,(thëm<i0und t - li^ f i^ ^ J a fh in g '^ # i^ ^ ^ r ^ ^ p m ^ t h e
fides o f the feine with their paddles till the fifh d irt into the net l a d
B H E H M I i E
fatffp'j^Ith .ar;fhpgl^Mfi fh, tj^cj fjunv ^ uljnc^y . ar^fui-jp lyy}. them ;
then^alffkag^ qUo - e h e s te r and d ^ ^ n ^ v , l t h ^ m j g ^ J^ a n d "
( H H They ,\hèp l a a i ' 1 them
mahrjes.V Tbo fe'wha fifh fo^ t^ o l j f f i5 a ü > p n ^ n u e aq u t^ ^ L p ^ t
foifietgneg^ ^ r^ the,fiyjor4d-fifh, jM e s ^ g a g t e t t e ^ ^ ^ a n d
-two ^ f e % g W srbkorq
®g4u g h f 'Äld/him^ ^fljhey^leap ^^^^^^mpimgdiatel^wra^TOpe
aaafet! and f ^ e I m u f t {ji^ ^ td y duftur on
^hore.Mi prevent i^ ^ ^ ^ ^ o i^ n k i r i g ^ ^ ^ y .g 'aW ^ f o fharks^
■ w-i-h *h‘e ' % ? Thu " i f i S r
h H Ë re^®e S S B h K ^ I an^ v f ^ M & r 'S p W h e s * they
are ready i|jfecure hipi. Quantki^ p | ,^ è ^ p c k -^ am S g £ ip
P°% T Tlxe?’ ^ aIfo ex-Pert^ hi^igg a ft^ ^ em , and^|e t o p a y -m
bf|Kedge'hog-fifh, »which they f e ^ d ^ catpg i^any.- r^wly'.’ This
fifh,. ,When, purfuecl,;i,t?akes refuga under, tjie,|^raj ggckf ^ i ther j-bè
diver puj-fue^ him,,' ^Ad brip^s,|||pi • gp ^ fjh^ a j^ n g e r in ca cb ^w i
T h e y fbmetiihes-continue u n ^ w a te ? a n j a ^ f ^ g wf e ~