"Ika-Taurira" Again
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at Mangaia
From Our Own Correspondent
Mangaia, Cl, Apr. 16.
(THE once-annual run of fish-fry on the i reef-platform at Mangaia resumed again this year after defaulting for 3 years. As a result, the lagoon was full of small fish; and only a bucket was re quired for a full day’s supply—in strange contrast with the fish shortage (and semi-famine) of last year.
These fry begin about the size of a sardine, and larger fish soon follow, to prey on them, so that the appearance of “ika-tauira” brought joy to the island.
The tqtal disappearance of the usual run of fry for two years previous to the disastrous cyclone and tidal-wave of ’44 might interest a scientist. It has become a new warning of local weather-trouble.