Note 50 — PREFACE. (continued 6)

5. Large-mouth net. This has appliances called pula,50 which means, a rope twenty fathoms long, the hala51 leaves and akia52 being the pula, which are set one foot apart. These pulas are forty in number, and in some cases more are used. These are used to drive the fish to where the net is located. With this net of the fisherman, the resourcefulness of man is made apparent. The net is first located at rough or bad places, where the fish mainly gather, and left there. Then the pula is drawn, and the fish, on seeing it, run to the rough place and are all caught in the net.