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general Indian fish-harvest. The banks of all the 

 little streams are soon dotted with temporary 

 lodges, and every one, from the naked little ur- 

 chin to the stalwart chief, wages war upon these 

 fish. All sorts of expedients are used to snare 

 them. Boys, girls, and old squaws catch them 

 with a hook and line, about eight or ten feet long, 

 tied to the end of a short stick. The hook (made 

 of bone or hard wood) is baited with salmon-roe. 

 The Indians never use the roe fresh ; dried in the 

 sun it becomes extremely tough, and acquires a 

 very rank oily smell. The fish take it greedily, 

 and in this manner large numbers are captured. 



Another bait equally fatal is made by cutting a 

 small strip from the belly of a trout, and keeping 

 the shiny part outermost winding it tightly 

 round the hook, from the barb, to about an 

 inch up the line, securing it by twisting white 

 horsehair closely round it. A small pebble is 

 slung about a foot from the baited hook, and the 

 line tied to the canoe-paddle close to the hand ; 

 paddling slowly along, this bait is trolled after 

 the canoe. The intention is manifestly to imi- 

 tate a small fish, as we troll with minnow or 

 spoon-bait in our waters. All the larger fish are 

 generally taken in this way. They rise readily to 

 a gaudy fly, and afford admirable sport. 



