THE PACIFIC SALMON. 7 1 



a thousand Salmon in the air at once. When he has rested 

 for a few moments he again takes his paddle, and the bait is 

 again sent spinning behind him, only to be seized in a short 

 time by another Salmon. 



This one, however, does not make the determined fight the 

 others did. There is no singing of the line, no leaping in the 

 air, no sounding beneath the canoe into the depths of the 

 water. Hand over hand the sluggish fish is brought in, and 

 with a jerk is launched in the canoe. It is a belated Nerka, 

 who should have been with his unreturning brothers when 

 they ascended the Frazer, months before. But if not a gamy 

 fish, he is a palatable one, and the angler does not regret his 

 delay. This specimen would weigh about ten pounds. 



There are other fishermen abroad this morning. The 

 angler hears the swish of a paddle, and, looking up, sees an 

 Indian in a small canoe. He salutes the angler with a "Kla- 

 howa, tillicum." "Klahowa" is growled back at him. Then 

 the Siwash paddles alongside the angler's canoe and introduces 

 himself. 



"I am Klumukus," he says; "I am a very good man. Do 

 you see where that smoke curls over the spit.'' There the 

 man who married my sister lives. He is also a good man; 

 he is a white man — his name is Ben of Kalamazoo. We are 

 very dry — so dry that I fear we will soon die if we do not 

 taste the fire-water of my white brother. When we saw your 

 canoe, Ben said: 'Do you see that beautiful canoe.'* See how 

 grandly the man in it paddles. He is a great man — he is a 

 Hyas Tyee. No doubt he has many bottles of fire-water, and 

 will gladly spare his white brother, Ben of Kalamazoo, and 

 his red brother, Klumukus, one.' Brother, I have spoken." 



"Get out!" said the angler, and he turns his canoe abruptly 

 from the tawny villain, who had kissed the Chinook blarney- 

 stone, and is soon engaged in royal battle with a Kisutch. 

 Nor does this fight last long, for the regal fish is soon 

 gasping in the bottom of the canoe. This is repeated often 



