. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. > o< oi < oo en < XH Q :2; wu Q O H HDO OQ< h <; O. VIII LIFE ON THE RIVERS 139 with decaying cocoanut and thrown into the riverwith a long rattan attached to it and tied to a pole ;the trap sinks to the bottom and is examined fromtime to time. Tuba Fishing Fish are caught on the largest scale by poisoningthe water with the juice of the root of the tubaplant. This is usually practised in the smaller riversat times of slack water, all
. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. > o< oi < oo en < XH Q :2; wu Q O H HDO OQ< h <; O. VIII LIFE ON THE RIVERS 139 with decaying cocoanut and thrown into the riverwith a long rattan attached to it and tied to a pole ;the trap sinks to the bottom and is examined fromtime to time. Tuba Fishing Fish are caught on the largest scale by poisoningthe water with the juice of the root of the tubaplant. This is usually practised in the smaller riversat times of slack water, all the people of a villageco-operating. The tuba plant is cultivated inpatches on \h^ padi fields. Pieces of the roots arecut off without destroying the plants. When alarge quantity has been gathered, a fence is builtacross the river at the spot chosen, and big bubutraps are let into it facing up stream. Then all theavailable small boats are manned and brought intothe reaches of the river extending about a mileabove the fence. Each boat carries a supply oftuba root, which the people bruise by pounding itwith wooden clubs against stumps and rocks on thebank or against the side of the boat. Water isthrown into
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