72 FISH HARVESTING. 
ery, under one chief, whom they designate the 
‘Salmon Chief,’ at once commence work—some in 
repairing the drying-sheds, which are placed on 
the rocks (as are also numbers of lodges) at the 
foot of the zigzag; others are busy making or 
mending immense wicker hampers, about thirty 
feet in circumference, and twelve feet in depth. 
Little groups are dragging down huge trees 
lopped clear of their branches—rolling, twisting, 
and tumbling them over the rocks, to be fixed at 
last by massive boulders, the ends hanging over 
the foaming water not unlike so many gibbets. 
These trees being secure and in their right places, 
the next work is to hang the wicker baskets 
to them, which is a risky and most difficult 
job: but many willing hands and long ex- 
perience work wonders; with strong ropes of 
twisted bark, the baskets are at last securely 
suspended. By this time the river begins to flood 
rapidly, and soon washes over the rocks where 
the trees are fastened, and into the basket, which 
is soon in the midst of the waterfall, being so 
contrived as to be easily accessible from the 
rocks not overwashed by the flood. 
Whilst awaiting the coming salmon, the 
scene is one great revel: horse-racing, gambling, 
love-making, dancing, and diversions of all sorts, 
