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Sounds. — Several times efforts have been made to cut out and save 

 the sounds, but the men always have asked such a high price per 

 hour for the work, and so few would be secured in an hour's time 

 owing to the difficulty in cutting them loose and the general disin- 

 clination of the cutter to work, while their thinness made it neces- 

 sary to cut out a large number in order to fill a barrel, that the cost 

 of obtaining them was out of all proportion to the selling price. 



Cod rotf.— During the winter and spring the cod spawn in Alaska, 

 and as large quantities are captured by the station fishermen at that 



Fig. 15. — Native boy cutting out cod tongues 



time cod roe is exceedingly abundant. The roe of the cod is an 

 excellent food product, but except for a few served to the men in the 

 mess houses no use is made of them. They could be preserved, 

 either by pickling or freezing, and a possible market found for them 

 in this country. 



In the Atlantic fisheries large quantities are prepared as " rogue '* 

 and shipped to France, where it is used as bait in the sardine fish- 

 eries. In preparing " rogue " the roes should be soaked for some 

 days in old brine and then packed in strong casks holding about 

 25 gallons each. 



