Essays and studies presented to William Ridgeway on his sixtieth birthday, 6 August, 1913 (1913)
Cambridge : University press · leaf 655
the apparatusis seen, which helps to Hnk the fishing-kite of theMalayan Archipelago with that of Melanesia. Insteadof a bait, a special kind of lure is employed, consistingof a tangle of spiders web attached to the extremity ofthe trailing line. This lure is admirably adapted to itspurpose. The… … Fig. 5. Karakelang Island. upon small pelagic fish, and skim along the surface, sothat they are readily attracted by a lure which is causedto play on the water like a live thing. Passing eastward, a long gap is noticeable in thecontinuity of distribution of the fishing-kite, since thisappliance…
