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ECONOMIC LIFE rgr
second method, called rembrï¬Ålcnde newei (that is, literally, " they
obstruct the water â€ù), is used by the people living near the lagoon
which lies inland from South-West Bay. A number of men
gather at one of the channels which unite the lagoon with the
sea, and build across it a fence consisting of a row of stakes
interwoven with coco-nut ‘fronds. The channel is deeper on
one side than on the other, and this fence is set up in such a
way that it slants diagonally towards the lagoon on the deep
side, leaving a. narrow passage-way on that side (see Fig. 8).
As the tide rises the ï¬Åsh are carried in towards the lagoon. A
row of men [A] get behind them and drive them through the
narrow passage (P), but, once past the fence, the progress
of the ï¬Åsh is checked by a second row of men (B) lined up across
the channel on the lagoon side, who drive them back, not into
the deep channel, but into the shallow corner formed by the
fence, and here they are speared, caught, or driven on to the
beach.
In Lambumbu yet two more ways of co-operative ï¬Åshing
are found—'mzvu/ond and m'ar varevï¬Ågh. For the former a semi-
circular wall of stones is built out from the shore so as to enclose
a space. At high tide this wall is completely covered, but as the
sea ebbs only a shallow pool is left within the enclosure and in
this the ï¬Åsh brought in by the tide are stranded and easily
caught. These walls are, presumably, more or less permanent
structures, and we may suppose that they are built by the joint
efforts of the men of a single village, and probably are owned
by that village. The method known as mar vmevï¬Ågh superï¬Åcially
resembles the Seniang rembrï¬Ålende mwei and is apparently used
in tidal estuaries and creeks. A number of stakes are setup
in line between the banks of the creek so as to form a kind of
fence with a gap in mid-stream. As the tide flows the ï¬Åsh are
borne up through this gap ; when it turns, the gap is closed. by
a kind of door, and as the water escapes between the stakes, the
ï¬Åsh which were carried up on the flow, are unable to return to
the sea and are left almost high and dry.
Huurmc
About the Malekulan methods of hunting we know even less
than we do of their ï¬Åshing usages. It does not seem that the