A number of Maoris from Temuka are at present camped at the Washdyke lagoon (reports the Timaru Post) for the purpose of catching ©els for winter use. They have already [secured a good many, but the eels ara much smaller than usual this year. When caught the eels are "boned" by Maori women, and they are then opened and hung on a fence to dry, the rays of the sun being the only preservative used. The local Maoris do not use all the eels they catch, but send a good proportion of them to the Maoris of Stewart Island, who, in return, send the Temuka Maoris preserved mutton birds, which are very plentiful on the island named, and on which the Maoris make an annual raid when getting together their inter; stores,.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13702, 19 March 1908, Page 4
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