i could scarce hold my watch i turned to the in an agony of anxiety for he was sitting calm and quiet as an how gladly my heart beat when i saw first a dozen heads and shoulders then fifty then five hundred and more ascend to the and as well they might after such a excursion and then j bed began in earnest on the helped to pull in the full of the but fatigued climbed over the boats sides and saw their fish distinct leaps by the in charge of the boat net to have brought up fifty u seventy as the last o the divers came over the boats sides the he hundred who had quietly waited their turn rose up and with their and stones plunged had before as rapidly and as silently the for are exceedingly � the is a piece of granite shaped and weighing about ten pounds through one end of it a double cord of is love of length tu reach the bottom easily one end of it being secured to the boat when about to plunge in the his right foot on the stone and between ti it ss a the w to his d� � and on at the bottom the stone is cast away and np hy the so as to be dear of the net rope this rope is and the the of the net between the of his left foot � for the natives use toes as as we do our and when on the bank below the net in his left band himself flat on his ce and sweeps the rapidly into his big with his right hand when he has secured sufficient fish ho gives his comrades above the signal by the ro iq thi v immediately commence it in to give himself an ip the lays hold of the for i w � or two r liis h above liis i n l � l id the from the of the id sh ch tm cr had stationed in � � i li i h the world and there or the of the fleet he muttered a short or charm his arms in us but at intervals he descended to something from a nut shell doubtless to aid him in his during one of his and about one hour e we were suddenly startled by hearing a shrieking and howling in one of the distant boats � by a and loud cries the i the onr boat w� immediately pulled to the scene of commotion and there enough one of those monsters of the deep had t een at w � k a poor was being pulled into the boat and bleeding the water all around being deeply tinged with blood one leg was nearly severed from his body and the pain had caused him to � away the alarm went rapidly round from boat to boat uie divers left the water and it was soon evident that there would be no more fishing on that day so effectually did the accident that mass of people that all with one accord sat gazing at each other neither speaking nor moving after a time some of the boats without orders began to leave the fishing ground and were soon followed by the rest making way to the the was too well acquainted with native prejudice to any on this diversion he however sent for the old who attended the summons the utmost ef in reply to the question how he dared to permit a to injure a in the employ of the british government he said there were some spirits adverse to the powers he possessed and that during the brief time of his taking a little refreshment one of those had broken his charm and the jaws of the i all was now vain � no fish notes of travellers and although the sea breeze was still lazily behind the fleet pushed the their oars for a few miles an hour later the breeze came up from the � at first � then steadily up went the great spider li and the wide winged sails and the boats slipped noiselessly our approach to the shore was by a gun thousands were again on the beach awaiting our coming and anxious to hear of our success as we drew near a long wild shout rent the air then a pause no reply was given from the boats the spirits of all were depressed by the not so much sympathy with the poor sufferer as n a feeling that the accident at so early a stage was a bad omen the whole of the fleet reached the shore a party of and cleared an open space between them and the crowd on the beach so as to allow the of t ie boats which was at once commenced the were divided cm the sandy shore into four equal parts three of which went to the government or the as the case might be the remaining was shared amongst the the divers the and the boat owner the divers receiving twice as much as the and the owner rather more than the divers the were carried up in baskets to large called where were kept until sold by on the following day the native shares of the were disposed of in a similar way though sometimes they were retained by their owners on their own account and the pearls in them sold afterwards i did not go off to the next day s being desirous of witnessing the the boats l w the world here and there oh die having woven a spell of extra which it was said would astonish the marine monsters and secure their jaws as effectually as if by locks the were carried on with an to frenzy the were offered in lots of one thousand taken from the some fine looking fellows 