Fishy Tale From Fiji
p. 78 · Read in the full issue
M,R. PAT COSTELLO, of Suva —in Aus tralia on one of his frequent visits insists that he has a large, tamed fish at his island of Nananu- Ira, on the northeast coast of Viti Levu. It is a brown sand cod, three or four feet long.
Paul Miller, of Nananu-Ira, frequently goes fishing. When he returns to his buoy, at the island, he ripples and slaps the water; and, in a minute or two, Sandy appears. Paul empties his remaining bait overboard, and Sandy feeds happily alongside. He will stick his nose above the surface, and ta£e anything out of Paul’s fingers. He has accepted biscuits, and bits of banana —which he promptly rejects— but sea-food, like bait, is promptly gobbled. Paul was away for two months; but Sandy was still around when he re turned, and came promptly to his sum mons.
Mr. Costello now has about 1,200 healthy goats on Nananu-Ira, and this new ver sion of the Fiji pastoral industry is making a substantial contribution to the Fiji-Indians’ meat supply.