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Rh projects into the air along curved pole resembling a crane. At some distance from the end, this divides into two branches, which diverge from each other. The foot is secured in a sort of socket between the two canoes, and is so managed

that the ends of the pole are capable of being lowered or elevated by a rope, which proceeds from the fork. A man sits in the high stern, holding this rope in his hand, and watching the capture of the fishes. From the end of each projecting arm depends the line, with the pearl-hook fashioned to resemble the Flying-fish. To increase the deception, bunches of feathers are fastened to the tips of the arms, to represent those aquatic birds which habitually follow the Flying-fish in its course, to seize it in the air.