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I90 MALEKULA
IN Seniang, ï¬&ArINg;sh~nets (neravlfll) and freshwater ï¬&ArINg;sh traps
(neumbu/en), hook and lINe, ï¬&ArINg;sh-spears, and bows and arrows
are used. There are two kINds of ï¬&ArINg;sh-hook: one is made of
coco-nut spINes attached to a lINe of wild cane (mmwi), and
this is called mwienru, but for what kINd of ï¬&ArINg;sh it is specially
employed is not mentioned ; we do_not know of what materials
the other is made, but it is called seselnggar and is said to be for
sea and river ï¬&ArINg;shINg alike. The ï¬&ArINg;sh-spear, nINggab, is a simple
shaft of bamboo set at the busINess end with spikes of mangrove

Fm. 8. Diagram illustratINg one method of co-operative ï¬&ArINg;shINg.
= men drivINg the ï¬&ArINg;sh down stream.
= men stationed to drive the ï¬&ArINg;sh INto the shallow Water.
= the fence.
= the narrow passage between the fence and the bunk.

wood (neiong) or of tree-fern. The bow used for ï¬&ArINg;shINg is of
simple I01-rn, with a staff of malimdr wood and a strINg of twisted
banyan root bound tightly round each end. No description
has been preserved of the ï¬&ArINg;sh~arrows. Two other methods of
ï¬&ArINg;shINg are also mentioned, both of which clearly demand the
co-operation of a number of people. One of these is the common
Oceanic one of poisonINg the ï¬&ArINg;sh. It seems that a variety oi
plants can be used for this, but only their unidentiï¬&ArINg;able native
names have come down to us.1 The sap or juice is extracted by
beatINg or grINdINg, and is thus INtroduced INto the water. The
1 ,These plants are called IN Seniang : nuwumip, which is used for poisonINg
big ï¬&ArINg;sh, nimbumbunu, and the iruit of the nimoos.