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HARVARD AFRICAN STUDIES
mbindi, a joint (of bamboo) which slides down the string next to the noose so that the cap-
tured animal cannot bite or gnaw .through the string (Pl. IV, fig. 3; Pl. XIX, fig. 2).
3. Lukonji lua malende or chitawa, a trap for water-rats (Pl. XX, fig. 7).
4. Lukonji lua ngwale, a trap for the partridge (Pl. XX, fig. 3).
5. Chijumba cha ijuni, “ the house for birds,” also used to trap small animals (Pl. XX,
fig- 2).
6. Lukonji lua lukosi, a trap for the neck (of guinea fowl) (Pl. XX, fig. 4).
7. Lukonji lua chiliwata, a trap for the tread (of the guineafowl); ku-liwata: to put
the foot down, to tread. The string square is about 8X4 inches (Pl. XXI, fig. 8).
8. Liwano, a trap made of split bamboo. A bird going to pick up the grain is caught
by the head when the trap is released by the string which the trapper pulls (Pl. XXI,
fig. 3).
9. Luau lua ijuni or nyau, a bird-trap made of netting on a hinged frame-work, oper-
ated by a string (Pl. XXI, fig. 4).
10. Liliwa, a falling stone trap for mice. Rats are said to pull off the trap with their
tails and are never caught (Pl. XXI, fig. 1).
10a. The same trap set for catching birds (Pl. XXI, fig. 2).
11. Maleleya: (lelele = hanging loose), a noose for small birds, set on trees (Pl. XX,
fig- 1).
12. Fowl thieves use a very simple contrivance consisting of two grains of maize threaded
on one end of a piece of string some six inches long, at the other end of which is attached
a leaf folded up into the form of a cone. The fowl, enticed by the maize, swallows the two
grains and the attached string, so that the cone is drawn over its head; it is then help-
less and is easily picked up by the thief, who has only to pull on the string to remove the
leaf.
13. Chigwenembe, a hollow cylinder of wood with noose activated by a wooden spring,
for catching rats (Pl. XXI, fig. 5).
14. Chipoto, a similar trap made of bark, for mice.
15. Lilesa: a plaited bamboo cone into which a rat forces its head to get at the bait,
but finds, when it tries to withdraw, that it is caught by sharpened pieces of bamboo pro-
jecting backwards into the cone (Pl. XX, fig. 6).
16. Mkungwi, a fish-trap of the same design, from the Anyanja (Pl. XX, fig. 5).
17. Msipu, a fish-trap on the lobster-pot principle, often set in gaps in a fence built
across a stream, copied from the Anyanja trap called mono (Pl. XXI, fig. 7).
18. Njisi, also I think from the Anyanja, consists of a long basket-work, extinguisher-
like arrangement which is clapped down over a swarm of small fish; the hand is intro-
duced through an aperture in one side and the fish removed (Pl. XXI, fig. 6).
HARVARD AFRICAN STUDIES
mbindi, a joint (of bamboo) which slides down the string next to the noose so that the cap-
tured animal cannot bite or gnaw .through the string (Pl. IV, fig. 3; Pl. XIX, fig. 2).
3. Lukonji lua malende or chitawa, a trap for water-rats (Pl. XX, fig. 7).
4. Lukonji lua ngwale, a trap for the partridge (Pl. XX, fig. 3).
5. Chijumba cha ijuni, “ the house for birds,” also used to trap small animals (Pl. XX,
fig- 2).
6. Lukonji lua lukosi, a trap for the neck (of guinea fowl) (Pl. XX, fig. 4).
7. Lukonji lua chiliwata, a trap for the tread (of the guineafowl); ku-liwata: to put
the foot down, to tread. The string square is about 8X4 inches (Pl. XXI, fig. 8).
8. Liwano, a trap made of split bamboo. A bird going to pick up the grain is caught
by the head when the trap is released by the string which the trapper pulls (Pl. XXI,
fig. 3).
9. Luau lua ijuni or nyau, a bird-trap made of netting on a hinged frame-work, oper-
ated by a string (Pl. XXI, fig. 4).
10. Liliwa, a falling stone trap for mice. Rats are said to pull off the trap with their
tails and are never caught (Pl. XXI, fig. 1).
10a. The same trap set for catching birds (Pl. XXI, fig. 2).
11. Maleleya: (lelele = hanging loose), a noose for small birds, set on trees (Pl. XX,
fig- 1).
12. Fowl thieves use a very simple contrivance consisting of two grains of maize threaded
on one end of a piece of string some six inches long, at the other end of which is attached
a leaf folded up into the form of a cone. The fowl, enticed by the maize, swallows the two
grains and the attached string, so that the cone is drawn over its head; it is then help-
less and is easily picked up by the thief, who has only to pull on the string to remove the
leaf.
13. Chigwenembe, a hollow cylinder of wood with noose activated by a wooden spring,
for catching rats (Pl. XXI, fig. 5).
14. Chipoto, a similar trap made of bark, for mice.
15. Lilesa: a plaited bamboo cone into which a rat forces its head to get at the bait,
but finds, when it tries to withdraw, that it is caught by sharpened pieces of bamboo pro-
jecting backwards into the cone (Pl. XX, fig. 6).
16. Mkungwi, a fish-trap of the same design, from the Anyanja (Pl. XX, fig. 5).
17. Msipu, a fish-trap on the lobster-pot principle, often set in gaps in a fence built
across a stream, copied from the Anyanja trap called mono (Pl. XXI, fig. 7).
18. Njisi, also I think from the Anyanja, consists of a long basket-work, extinguisher-
like arrangement which is clapped down over a swarm of small fish; the hand is intro-
duced through an aperture in one side and the fish removed (Pl. XXI, fig. 6).