SALMON-TROUT. 85 
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. 
