ISLANDS OF EELS
Sir-Some years ago a friend and I were camped at the head of Lake Rototoa in the Nelson Province, in éarly January, One bright moonlight nightthe moon was full, or nearly so, as far
as I remember, and the sky clear-we set off in our boat to try our hand at some night casting. We had not gone far before we ran into what appeared to be a mass of small logs stretching as far as we could see. It was not long before we realised that the logs were actually eels, and most of them large ones at that. They were lying right on the surface of the water. We had a .22 rifle with us, and shot several. The dead or stunned eels were immediately set upon by their fellows and quickly torn to pieces. I had never before, and never have since, seen such a phenomenon, which appears to resemble in many ways that related by. Mrs. Helen Wilson.
D. A.
PURDIE
(Dargaville),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 786, 13 August 1954, Page 5
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169ISLANDS OF EELS New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 786, 13 August 1954, Page 5
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