CANDLE-FISH. 91 
feet long, made round for about two feet of its 
length, at the place of the hand-grip; the rest is 
flat, thick at the back, but thinning to a sharp 
edge, mito which are driven teeth about four 
inches long, and an inch apart. These teeth 
are usually made of bone, but, when the Indian 
fishers can get sharp-pointed iron nails, they 
prefer them. One Indian sits in the stern 
of each canoe to paddle it along, keeping 
close to the shoal of fish; another, having 
the rounded part of the rake firmly fixed in 
both hands, stands with his face to the bow 
of the canoe, the teeth pointing sternwards. 
He then sweeps it through the glittering mass 
of fish, usmg all his force, and brings it to 
the surface teeth upwards, usually with a fish 
impaled, sometimes with three or four upon 
one tooth. The rake being brought into the 
canoe, a sharp rap on the back of it knocks the 
fish off, and then another sweep yields a similar 
catch. 
It is wonderful to see how rapidly an Indian will 
fill his canoe by this rude method of fishing. The 
dusky forms of the savages bend over the canoes, 
their brawny arms sweep their toothed sickles 
through the shoals, stroke follows stroke in 
swift succession, and steadily the canoes fill 
