Essays and studies presented to William Ridgeway on his sixtieth birthday, 6 August, 1913 (1913)
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the fore-part of the canoe, support thelines. This reference to the Society Islands is quotedfrom Ellis Polynesian Researches^ 1831, p. 148. It isquite likely that the gar-fish are attracted to the lureby what they take to be a bird flying overhead andapparently in pursuit of small fry, as they… … Fig. 13. Malaita. however, this is the primary or secondary use of the kiteis not clear. KITE-FISHING 595 An excellent description of kite-fishing for gar-fish{walelo) in Malaita is given by T. W. Edge-Partington^(Fig. 13). The kite (rau) is made from the leaf of thesago palm, or ivory nut tree.…
