. The ocean [microform]. Marine biology; Marine animals; Marine plants; Biologie marine; Faune marine; Flore marine. e kernel, they are made by he leaves lot only liancy of described irge par- a is com- idge-hog- it is a Id a lonof ;hes, the ling surf ;h fisher- hove his ;'ht, and the ap- le rivers, he effect s, " pre- L a band s of the riih one glare of boughs, stream. d forms, L relief; ast with THE PACIFIC OCEAX. 293 the dark and almost midnight gloom that envelopes every other ;* Another mode of fishing by torchlight is described by the late Mr. Williams, who accompanied s
. The ocean [microform]. Marine biology; Marine animals; Marine plants; Biologie marine; Faune marine; Flore marine. e kernel, they are made by he leaves lot only liancy of described irge par- a is com- idge-hog- it is a Id a lonof ;hes, the ling surf ;h fisher- hove his ;'ht, and the ap- le rivers, he effect s, " pre- L a band s of the riih one glare of boughs, stream. d forms, L relief; ast with THE PACIFIC OCEAX. 293 the dark and almost midnight gloom that envelopes every other ;* Another mode of fishing by torchlight is described by the late Mr. Williams, who accompanied some natives of Atm on an excursion. The object of the pursuit was the Flying-fish, which is only taken by night. Double canoes were used, which, havinc. been dragged from the rocks, thirty feet above the evel of the water, down a broad sloping ladder, were aunchedover the surf. A torch was lighted, and the principal fisherman took his station on the fore. Fishing by Torchlight. part of the canoe, bearing a ring-net attached to a light pole twelve or fifteen feet lono-. The V- rowers * p, Poly. Res. i. 150. ulKitl. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888. London : Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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