Note 48 — PREFACE. (continued 6)

3. The lau [net]. This net is fourteen fathoms long and is of two kinds. If the net is fourteen fathoms long many people will take part in the fishing. It means this: Three times forty fathoms is the length of the rope to which ki leaves are fastened in small bundles. If the net is nine fathoms long the leaf rope is six times forty fathoms. The dry leaves of the ki plant are used for the purpose, and the bark of the hau48 is the rope. This is done to scare the fishes of the sea.49 The method of fishing is done in this way: The ki leaves and net are placed in two canoes. Most of the people are on shore pulling the ki leaf rope, and some in canoes. Thus the fish are driven to a suitable place where the net is payed out. Many kinds of fish are caught by this method of fishing.