Flying Fish Come South
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Good Hauls at Rarotonga
From Our Own Correspondent.
RAROTONGA, December 4.
Flying fish have now returned to these waters from the north.
Fishermen are to be seen outside the reef even on very dark, stormy nights, burning their flares made from dried fronds of the coconut tree. The bright light lures the flying fish from all directions, so that they come gliding into the nets held up in the canoe to intercept their flight.
From Avarua the night flares are vis ible at many points along the reef, burning like large oil lamps, lighting up the surface of the sea spasmodically and casting a red glow in the surround ing darkness.