176 The Pacific Salmon 



much smaller numbers than the other species, but 

 its value is relatively higher. 



A peculiar method of taking salmon in salt 

 water is practised by the Indians of Washington 

 and British Columbia, called reef-net fishing, in 

 which a large square piece of netting is held be- 

 tween two canoes. The latter are anchored on 

 some reef or other shoal over which the salmon 

 must pass. A lookout is kept, and when the 

 mass of fish are between the two canoes, the 

 net is quickly lifted by the ropes attached to its 

 sides and corners, and emptied into one of the 

 canoes. 



In the McCloud, and other streams tributary 

 to the Sacramento, we have seen a method of 

 salmon fishing by Indians practised apparently 

 nowhere else : booths, or lodges, covered with 

 green boughs, are constructed at points just be- 

 low riffles and rapids, where the fish pause before 

 entering very rapid waters. The lodges overhang 

 the water, and have no more flooring than will 

 afford a seat for the fisherman. From the dark- 

 ened interior the Indian has a good view of the 

 fish passing underneath, and strikes them readily 

 with a double-pronged spear. 



