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 above the hook (mata kawé) in such a way that they can move backwards and forwards. Some kinds of fish mistake this bunch of feathers for food, and when they bite they find themselves caught fast on the hook through the motion of the prahō, almost before they have discovered their mistake.

Another kind is the kawé ranggōng, a line composed of two parts united by an implement (ranggōng) made of horn, and used for fishing when at anchor.

The sea fish-trap (bubèë laʾōt) is almost hemispherical in form, with a closed bottom and an opening in the side. Small fish can swim in and out through the interstices of the side. They seek refuge in the trap from the large fish which pursue them, but the latter follow them in through the opening. Thus the small ones escape, but the big ones remain behind, since the aperture, as in all such traps, gives them no chance of getting out once they have entered.

The casting-net (jeuë) is used for fishing for prawns (udeuéng) close to the shore and several species of fish, such as the awō from which dried fish or karéng is made, and the buduëng, sumbòë and tangkirōng. The buduëng and sumbòë are also caught with the nyaréng as well as the ikan lham and the meunèng. At sea of course the nyaréng cannot be employed, as in the creeks and rivers, as a wall wherewith to obstruct a portion of the waterway for the fish. These nets are simply thrown loosely into the water and hauled in and examined after a few moments to see if any of the denizens of the deep may have become entangled in the meshes.

In the pursuit of the various kinds of fishery which we have so far described there is no lack of peculiar customs, many of which are