Note 55 — PREFACE. (continued 6)

11. Kahala55 fishing. Five times forty fathoms is the length of the line. This fish requires an abundance of line, and hooks also. The abode of this fish is a koa [station or ground]. This fish does not live in any other part of the sea, only at a koa. This is a small mound in the bottom of the ocean; a deep pit is different from this. It is a plain mound not fully cognizant to the fisherman, but by letting down the hook and line it is learned that the koa is good, the hook does not entangle.