Show GUAM WHERE FISH ARE CAUGHT IN STRANGE FASHION should the united states acquire tile the much discussed island of yap the island of guam will be robbed of its distinction of being our smallest pos session guam lies iles east of the philippines and northeast of yap A writer to the national geographic society describes the customs and natural resources of guam guain as follows the fruit of a common tree bar spec losa the natives use to stupefy fish the fruit Is pounded into a paste in a bag and kept over night the time of an especially low tide la 19 selected and bags of tile the pounded fruit are taken out on the reef next nest morning and sunk in certain deep holes in the he reef the fesh soon appear on the lie surface some of them lifeless others attempting to alro or faintly struggling with their ventral sw side uppermost the natives scoop them in their hands sometimes even diving for them in the mangrove swamps when the tide Is low hundreds of little fishes with protruding eyes may be seen hopping about in the mud and climbing clim bins among the roots of the and B bru bulera these belong to a group of fishes interesting from the fact that their air bladder lias has assumed in a measure the function of lungs enabling the alie animal to breathe atmospheric air men women and children of guam are expert swimmers and are as much at ease in the water lis as on land As they throw thern themselves Relves into the sea and come bounding from wave to wave they remind one of dolphins according to the testimony of early writers their houses were high anil and neatly made and bettor better constructed than those of tiny any aboriginal race hitherto discovered in the indies tile the natives of guam are as a rule of good physique and pleasing appearance owing to their mixed blood blond gieir complexion varies from the white while of a caucasian to the brown of a malay most of them thein have glossy black hair malch alch la Is other either straight strai glit or slightly curled it Is worn short by tile hie nien men awl long by the women either cither braided colled coiled or dressed dresek after the styles prevailing in ili At manila nulla the people are essentially agricultural there tire are few masters and few servants on the island As a rule the farms are not too extensive to 0 o be cultivated by tile the family all the members even the lie little children loud lend a hand |